Configure nginx with multiple locations with different root folders on subdomain

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I m looking to serve the root url of a subdomain and directory of a subdomain to two different folders on my server  Here is the simple set-up that I have and is not working     server        index index html index htm      server name test example com       location                 root  web test example com www             location  static               root  web test example com static            In this example going to test example com  would bring the index file in  web test example com www  and going to test example com static would bring the index file in  web test example com static

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server        index index html index htm      server name test example com       location             root  web test example com www             location  static           root  web test example com            http   nginx org r root

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You need to use the alias directive for location  static   server      index index html    server name test example com     root  web test example com www     location  static        alias  web test example com static            The nginx wiki explains the difference between root and alias better than I can      Note that it may look similar to the root directive at first sight  but the document root doesn t change  just the file system path used for the request  The location part of the request is dropped in the request Nginx issues    Note that root and alias handle trailing slashes differently

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A little more elaborate example  Setup  You have a website at example com and you have a web app at example com webapp     server     listen 443 ssl    server name example com     root    usr share nginx html website dir    index  index html index htm    try files  uri  uri   index html     location  webapp        alias   usr share nginx html webapp dir       index  index html index htm      try files  uri  uri   webapp index html             I ve named webapp dir and website dir on purpose  If you have matching names and folders you can use the root directive  This setup works and is tested with Docker  NB    Be careful with the slashes  Put them exactly as in the example

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The Location directive system is   Like you want to forward all request which start  static and your data present in  var www static  So a simple method is separated last folder from full path   that means   Full path    var www static  Last Path    static   and First path    var www  location  lt lastPath gt        root  lt FirstPath gt       So lets see what you did mistake and what is your solutions   Your Mistake     location  static       root  web test example com static      Your Solutions     location  static       root  web test example com

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