Uploading files to remote server running nginx 1.24 returns http status code 405 Not Allowed.

[Kaushal Shriyan]

Hi,

I am running nginx version: nginx/1.24.0 on CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009
(Core). I have the below config file /etc/nginx/conf.d/upload.conf.

############################################################################################################################################
#cat upload.conf
server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name software.example.com;
        ssl_protocols          TLSv1.3 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_stapling off;
        ssl_stapling_verify on;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/
software.example.com/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/
software.example.com/privkey.pem;
        ssl_ciphers
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
        root /var/www/html/cbsoftwarebinaries;
        auth_basic "Restricted Access";
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
        autoindex on;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
        ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/software.example.com/dhparam.pem;
        add_header Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000;
        #index index.html index.htm;

location /var/www/html/cbapibankingsoftwarebinaries {
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}

}

server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name software.example.com;
        ssl_protocols          TLSv1.3 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_stapling off;
        ssl_stapling_verify on;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/
software.example.com/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/
software.example.com/privkey.pem;
        ssl_ciphers
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
root /var/www/html/softwareuploads;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
        ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/software.example.com/dhparam.pem;
        add_header Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000;
        index index.html index.php;


 location = /upload.php {
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    client_max_body_size 10M; # Adjust the maximum allowed file size

}
############################################################################################################################################

When I hit https://software.example.com I get all the files and folders as
per directory listing which is working as expected as per the below
screenshot

[image: image.png]

When I am trying to upload files by hitting
https://software.example.com/upload_form.html I am encountering http status
code 405 Not Allowed. Please find inline a screenshot for your reference.

[image: image.png]

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Please guide me. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal
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