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

nginx

Solution

You should try ngx_http_autoindex_module.

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

Problem

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/`

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