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jnbdz
Asked: 2013-09-03 17:49:04 +0800 CST

I can't open a static file with NGiNX root function

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I am trying to open a static file with root function. Here is my NGiNX config:

location = /test {
            root    /var/53c74dc1c284ff0d63b019fd736f2c7965939e0452104120130821064016.png;
    }

I get this error in my browser:

404 Not Found

Also it does not seem to produce any errors in the NGiNX error logs.

I am using Ubuntu 12.

And I am using NGiNX version 1.2.7.

nginx

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you're trying to serve a single, specific file with the URI given for that location, use alias instead of root.

    location = /test {
    default_type image/png;
    alias /var/53c74dc1c284ff0d63b019fd736f2c7965939e0452104120130821064016.png;
}

    Loading http://www.example.com/test will then serve the named file.

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  2. The root command is for directories, not files.

    Try this, and move the PNG under your normal web root:

        location / {
            try_files test /53c74dc1c284ff0d63b019fd736f2c7965939e0452104120130821064016.png;
    }
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