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/
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:
<html>
<head><title>Index of /</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<h1>Index of /test/</h1><hr><pre><a href="../">../</a>
<a href="test.txt">test.txt</a> 19-May-2012 10:43 0
</pre><hr></body>
</html>
Edit: Updated the listing to delete any references to test