Nginx Directory Listing only for subpath

Question

I am trying to make my subpath as directory listing only in Nginx, however it returns 404.

Suppose I have following config for http://file.example.com/test:

server {
    listen        80;
    server_name  file.example.com;

    location /test/ {
        root    /var/www/abc/def/;
        autoindex on;
        autoindex_exact_size off;
        autoindex_format html;
        autoindex_localtime on;
    }
}

I didn't specify / section, is it the issue caused above not working? Anything I missed?

@RichardSmith The `http://file.example.com/test` should list files in `/var/www/abc/def/` — Jerry Bian, May 21 '20 at 15:04
Nginx is looking for files in a directory at `/var/www/abc/def/test/`. Try using `alias` instead of `root`. For example: `alias /var/www/abc/def/;` — Richard Smith, May 21 '20 at 17:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '20 at 21:35

Change the location to location /test

Copy all your files to /var/www/abc/def/test folder, because you are using location directive along with root directive. In your case when Nginx searching static files, it will use the root path /var/www/abc/def and append with location path /test.

Or use alias as @RichardSmith suggested.

Nginx Directory Listing only for subpath

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