Nginx static file server

nginx.conf

  server {
        client_max_body_size 4G;
        listen  80; 
        server_name    localhost;
        root /path/to/fileServer;  # your folder to serve
        location / {
            types {
                application/octet-stream txt;  # specify which type force to download instead of open
            }
            auth_basic   "Restricted";  
            auth_basic_user_file /usr/local/etc/nginx/pass_file;  # create password by `htpasswd -c -d /etc/nginx/pass_file username`
            autoindex on; # generate index
            autoindex_exact_size on; # show filesize
            autoindex_localtime on;   # show time 
            sendfile           on;
            sendfile_max_chunk 1m;
            tcp_nodelay       on;
            keepalive_timeout 65;
        }
    }