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Asked: 2011-04-07 19:24:56 +0800 CST

How to configure multiple root for nginx?

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location ~ {
            root /var/www/static1/;
            root /var/www/static2/;
        }

I tried the above,so that when /name.gif is requested ,if /var/www/static1/name.gif exists, then just use it as is;but if there isn't such a file,try to see if there's /var/www/static2/name.gif, is it possible to configure nginx this way?

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2 Answers

  1. Assuming you're using nginx 0.7.24(?) or later, you can accomplish this with try_files:

    location / {
    root /var/www;
    try_files /static1$uri /static2$uri =404;
}

    Normally, having root inside location / is incorrect, but in this specific case, I don't think you want to set /var/www as your general root in case you end up adding other locations.

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  2. I'm fairly certain your exact configuration is not possible. To serve from multiple roots, you'd need to alias one root into your URL structure, something like this:

    location  /images/ {
  alias  /path/to/images;
}
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