Nginx host static files

nginx-static-hosting.md

Nginx host static files

server {
    listen 8080 default_server;
    listen [::]:8080 default_server;

    root /var/www/html;

    index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name <domain.com>;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    # option 1
    location /data {
        root /var/www/;
        autoindex on;
    }

    # option 2
    location /static {
        alias /var/www/data/;
        autoindex on;
    }

    # option 3
    location ~ ^/(images|css|js) {
        root /var/www/data/;
        autoindex on;
    }
}

Put some files under /data/static

Access http://domain.com/static/<filename>

Access http://domain.com/images/<image filename>

There is a difference between root and alias.

root

The path in location will be concatenated to the root.

alias

location will not be concatenated to root, but using location directly.