How to configure nginx to enable kinda file browser mode

Question

Once I ve seen this before when I type a URL http   test com test   instead of give me a html page  it gives me a  file browser  like interface to browse all the files in the given location   I think it maybe a nginx module that could be enable in the location context   The nginx conf file   worker processes  1  events       worker connections  1024    http       include       mime types      default type  application octet-stream      sendfile        on      keepalive timeout  65      server           listen       80          server name  122 97 248 252                  location  test                           root  home yozloy html                           autoindex on                            error page   500 502 503 504   50x html          location    50x html               root   html                      update the error log     2012 05 19 20 48 33  error  20357 0   72 open     home yozloy html test  failed  2  No such file or directory   client  125 43 236 33  server  122 97 248 252  request   GET  test HTTP 1 1   host   unicom2 markson hk   I must misunderstand the location  test mean  I thought it meant when I type http   example com test  then it would access the root dictionary which is  home yozloy html

User · Accepted Answer

You should try HttpAutoindexModule   Set autoindex option to on  It is off by default   Your example configuration should be ok  location        root  home yozloy html       index index html      autoindex on      Without autoindex option you should be getting Error 403 for requests that end with   on directories that do not have an index html file  With this option you should be getting a simple listing    lt html gt   lt head gt  lt title gt Index of   lt  title gt  lt  head gt   lt body bgcolor  white  gt   lt h1 gt Index of  test  lt  h1 gt  lt hr gt  lt pre gt  lt a href       gt     lt  a gt   lt a href  test txt  gt test txt lt  a gt                  19-May-2012 10 43            0  lt  pre gt  lt hr gt  lt  body gt   lt  html gt    Edit  Updated the listing to delete any references to test

User · Answer

You need create  home yozloy html test folder  Or you can use alias like below show   location  test       alias  home yozloy html       autoindex on

User · Answer

1  List content of all directories  Set autoindex option to on  It is off by default   Your configuration file   vi  etc nginx sites-available default   should be like this  location              some other lines      autoindex on           some other lines       2  List content of only some specific directory  Set autoindex option to on  It is off by default   Your configuration file   vi  etc nginx sites-available default    should be like this  change path of your directory to your directory path  location  path of your directory            some other lines      autoindex on           some other lines       Hope it helps

User · Answer

Just add this section to server  just before the location      location  your folder to browse            autoindex on

User · Answer

I ve tried many times   And at last I just put autoindex on  in http but outside of server  and it s OK

User · Answer

All answers contain part of the answer  Let me try to combine all in one   Quick setup  file browser  mode on freshly installed nginx server    Edit default config for nginx   sudo vim  etc nginx sites-available default  Add following to config section   location  myfolder      new url path    alias  home username myfolder     directory to list    autoindex on     Create folder and sample file there   mkdir -p  home username myfolder  ls -la  gt  home username myfolder mytestfile txt  Restart nginx  sudo systemctl restart nginx  Check result  http    lt your-server-ip gt  myfolder for example http   192 168 0 10 myfolder

[nginx] How to configure nginx to enable kinda 'file browser' mode?

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