A template for a maven webserver with nginx

nginx.conf

user root;
worker_processes 1;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

events {
	worker_connections 768;
}

http {
	include	   mime.types;
	default_type  application/octet-stream;

	sendfile		on;

	keepalive_timeout  65;

	server {
		server_name  maven.example.com;

		location / {
			root /home/maven;

			client_max_body_size 0;

			client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_temp;

			dav_methods  PUT DELETE MKCOL COPY MOVE;
			create_full_put_path  on;

			dav_access  user:rw group:rw all:r;

			autoindex on;

			limit_except GET PROPFIND OPTIONS HEAD {
				auth_basic "Example.com's publishers only";
				auth_basic_user_file .htpasswd;
			}
		}

		listen 80;
	}
}

maven.example.com -> replace with your maven server's URL
"Example.com's publishers only" -> replace with your failed authentication message
/home/maven -> replace with the location of storage for your server