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NOTE

1.3 File Server

A simple Nginx file server using autoindex.

Web Servers / NginxUpdated 1 min readhistorical

This is a historical learning note and may contain outdated or incomplete understanding.

1. Configuration

The original note uses Nginx autoindex to expose a directory as a simple file server.

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

http {
    # ...
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    # ...
}

/etc/nginx/conf.d/cdn.conf:

autoindex on;             # enable directory index
autoindex_exact_size off; # show human-readable approximate sizes
autoindex_localtime on;   # display local time
charset utf-8;

server {
    listen 9999;
    root $HOME/share;
    error_log $HOME/share/log/error.log;

    location / {
    }
}

Do not expose private directories with autoindex on an untrusted network unless access control and file permissions are intentionally configured.

2. References