Return another code than 404 if file not found on a nginx alias directive

Asked Jun 06 '20 at 05:37

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Nginx has a root folder let's say /var/www/mysite1/

I have a file in /var/www/ that I need to be able to serve. This file sometime exists, sometime does not. If the file is not there, by default nginx is returning a 404. How can I set up a different response code, or a 301 redirection ?

location /myfile.txt {
    alias /var/www/myfile.txt;
}

asked Jun 06 '20 at 05:37

Vincent Teyssier

https://nginx.org/r/error_page – Alexey Ten Jun 06 '20 at 05:52
https://serverfault.com/questions/218989/how-do-i-make-nginx-redirect-all-requests-for-files-which-do-not-exist-to-a-sing – user9517 Jun 06 '20 at 06:02
I know the try uri command, but it tries a url path. My file is in a parent folder of the root so I need to use an alias – Vincent Teyssier Jun 06 '20 at 06:07
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Change `root` and use `try_files`. – Tero Kilkanen Jun 06 '20 at 07:26
I need to change root inside that location block, right? – Vincent Teyssier Jun 06 '20 at 08:45
Yes, change inside `location` block. – Tero Kilkanen Jun 06 '20 at 11:37
ok so I change the `root` in that `location` block and put `try_files $uri =404;` or whatever response code. Last unknown for me is that it risks to make other files in the same folder servable, or am I wrong? I only want to serve that specific file. – Vincent Teyssier Jun 07 '20 at 04:10

Return another code than 404 if file not found on a nginx alias directive

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