try_files and static web site

[Michael Shadle]

I see no reason to be using try_files at all in your config.

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On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Jauder Ho <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> I have a site that is completely static and I figured I would use
> try_files however this results in HTTP 500 errors for directories i.e.
> trying to get to http://foo.com/bar/ results in a 500 error. What's
> wrong with this config? Thanks.
>
> --Jauder
>
>  server {
>    # port to listen on. Can also be set to an IP:PORT
>    listen 80;
>
>    # Set the charset
>    charset utf-8;
>
>    # sets the domain[s] that this vhost server requests for
>    server_name www.foo.com;
>
>    # doc root
>    root /var/www/foo.com;
>
>    # vhost specific access log
>    access_log  /var/log/nginx_access.log  main;
>
>
>    # Catchall for everything else
>    location / {
>      root /var/www/foo.com;
>      access_log off;
>
>      index index.html index.shtml;
>      expires 1d;
>
>      try_files $uri $uri/;
>
>      #if (-f $request_filename) {
>      #  break;
>      #}
>    }
>
>
>
>    error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
>    error_page 404 /404.html;
>
>  }
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