Can't volume map nginx.conf to directory in container

First of all, I am only experiencing this issue on my Linux VPS. This issue doesn't exist on my Windows development machine.

My VPS is running Ubuntu 23.04

The issue

When I attempt to launch my docker container from a docker-compose script, the Nginx continer errors and spits out this:

root@srv502529:/docker_projects/personal-site-2024# docker-compose upCreating network "personal-site-2024_default" with the default driverCreating personal-site-2024_api_proxy_server_1 ... doneCreating personal-site-2024_webserver_1        ... doneCreating personal-site-2024_cms_server_1       ... doneCreating personal-site-2024_nginx_1            ... errorERROR: for personal-site-2024_nginx_1  Cannot start service nginx: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: error mounting "/nginx.conf" to rootfs at "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf": mount /nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf (via /proc/self/fd/6), flags: 0x5000: not a directory: unknown: Are you trying to mount a directory onto a file (or vice-versa)? Check if the specified host path exists and is the expected typeERROR: for nginx  Cannot start service nginx: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: error mounting "/nginx.conf" to rootfs at "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf": mount /nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf (via /proc/self/fd/6), flags: 0x5000: not a directory: unknown: Are you trying to mount a directory onto a file (or vice-versa)? Check if the specified host path exists and is the expected type

I think the common cause of this is that nginx.conf isn't where it's specified, but in my case it absolutely is:screenshot of my project directory via SSHscreenshot of my project directory VIA SFTP

Snippet of docker-compose

services:  nginx:    image: nginx:alpine    ports:      - "80:80"    volumes:      - /nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf    depends_on:      - webserver      - api_proxy_server      - cms_server

What I've tried

I've tried using this volume mapping ./nginx:/etc/. It apparently loads and I get a done message in the console, but then I get this error:

nginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: /docker-entrypoint.d/ is not empty, will attempt to perform configurationnginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Looking for shell scripts in /docker-entrypoint.d/nginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.shnginx_1             | 10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh: info: /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf is not a file or does not existnginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Sourcing /docker-entrypoint.d/15-local-resolvers.envshnginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/20-envsubst-on-templates.shnginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/30-tune-worker-processes.shnginx_1             | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Configuration complete; ready for start upnginx_1             | 2024/04/08 15:35:46 [emerg] 1#1: open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (2: No such file or directory)nginx_1             | nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (2: No such file or directory)