Nginx static file serving - Some files are 404, some not

[Richard Stanway]

Check out try_files.

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#try_files

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Lantos István <kerozin.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, the parent folder, /images/art was uncommented in .gitignore,
> that's why didn't uploaded into my repo. Problem solved.
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> Still, is there any method to share static files? Something like expose
> the public folder into / URL, but without blocking the route?
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> 2016-07-06 14:38 GMT+02:00 Lantos István <kerozin.joe at gmail.com>:
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>> I have the following server configuration block:
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>>> *server {    # Running port    listen       80; # ipv4    listen
>>> [::]:80; # ipv6    server_name  localhost;    root
>>> /var/www/html;    # Proxying the connections connections    location /
>>> {        proxy_pass         http://app <http://app>;
>>> proxy_redirect     off;        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
>>> proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;        proxy_set_header
>>> X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;        proxy_set_header
>>> X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;    }    location ~
>>> ^/(fonts/|gallery/|images/|javascripts/|stylesheets/|ajax_info\.txt|apple-touch-icon\.png|browserconfig\.xml|crossdomain\.xml|favicon\.ico|robots\.txt|tile-wide\.png|tile\.png)
>>> {      root /var/www/html/public;      access_log off;      expires max;
>>> }    error_page 401 403 404      /404.html;    error_page 500 502 503 504
>>> /50x.html;}*
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>> I want to server my static files with Nginx to my Node/Express app. I not
>> want to re-factore every single route in my app, that's why i want to
>> server all these static files into / URL path.
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>> The problem is some files cannot be located on the disk, although they
>> existing, for example  */images/art/lindon.png*.
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>> This is a docker-compose stack and nginx built from source:
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>> https://github.com/DJviolin/lantosistvan/blob/be8e49e2302793d37ed3bfdec865f7086e579197/docker/nginx/Dockerfile
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>> The error message that I got for a missing file:
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>> *lantosistvan_nginx | 2016/07/06 14:24:42 [error] 6#6: *3 open()
>>> "/var/www/html/public/images/art/lindon.png" failed (2: No such file or
>>> directory), client: 10.0.2.2, server: localhost, request: "GET
>>> /images/art/lindon.png HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1", referrer:
>>> "http://127.0.0.1/hu/blog/mariya-balazs
>>> <http://127.0.0.1/hu/blog/mariya-balazs>"*
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>> Is there any better way to server static files for the / URL without
>> blocking* location / {}*?
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>> Thank You for your help!
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>> István
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