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chx
Asked: 2016-06-30 15:28:57 +0800 CST

try_files with a single @location?

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I started from https://gist.github.com/mattd/1006398 and now I have this:

    root /data/example.com;
    location /sites/default/files/ {
            try_files $uri @proxy;
    }
    location / {
            try_files @proxy;
    }
    location @proxy {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8088;
    }

Of course, this is not valid syntax. How can I make this work? Basically, I want sites/default/files to serve the file directly if it exists and use @proxy otherwise. Other directories should go to @proxy immediately. I do not want to copy-paste the @proxy configuration because a lot more will be added there (caching). I will also have other directories that should be served directly for example .well-known.

nginx

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There are several ways to solve the problem:

    1

    You could put your proxy config to separate file and include it.

    proxy_conf:

    proxy_pass proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8088;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
# etc.....

    and your config:

    location /sites/default/files/ {
   try_files $uri @proxy;
}
location / {
    include proxy_conf;
}
location @proxy {
    include proxy_conf;
}

    2

    Use error_page directive:

    location / {
    error_page 418 = @proxy;
    return 418;
}

    3

    Use fake non-existent path as a first argument to try_files:

    location / {
    try_files /NONEXISTENTFILE @proxy;
}
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