Using Nginx as a static file server

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Installation

  1. apt install nginx

Config

  1. sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, in the file, add include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; in http. If the config file already have this line, ignore this step.
http{

         include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;

}

  1. make a directory under /etc/nginx/conf.d/ using
    "mkdir /etc/nginx/conf.d/yourconfigname.conf"

  2. edit the config file you just made.

server {

        listen       80;

        server_name  xxx.com;

        location / {

            root   /home/filestation;

            autoindex on;

        }

}

listen: the port of nginx server

server_name: your domain, for example: myserver.com

location: the http entry point

root: the real file route.

For example: if you set location / and root /home/filestation, you can access your /home/filestation/myfile.txt at myserver.com/myfile.txt

if you set location /abc and root /home/filestation, you can access your /home/filestation/abc/myfile.txt at myserver.com/abc/myfile.txt

autoindex: if you can access to the directory. (on/off)

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restart

  1. sudo service nginx restart.