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

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/

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..

Just add this section to server, just before the location / {

location /your/folder/to/browse/ {
        autoindex on;
}

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:

1. Edit default config for nginx:

   sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   

2. Add following to config section:

   location /myfolder {  # new url path
      alias /home/username/myfolder/; # directory to list
      autoindex on;
   }
   

3. Create folder and sample file there:

   mkdir -p /home/username/myfolder/
   ls -la >/home/username/myfolder/mytestfile.txt
   

4. Restart nginx

   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   

5. Check result: http://<your-server-ip>/myfolder for example http://192.168.0.10/myfolder/

You need create /home/yozloy/html/test folder. Or you can use alias like below show:

location /test {
    alias /home/yozloy/html/;
    autoindex on;
}

I've tried many times.

And at last I just put autoindex on; in http but outside of server, and it's OK.