nginx proxy_pass one file

Asked Jul 23 '18 at 16:47

Active Jul 23 '18 at 18:13

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I have a single file that I want to appear to host but that I don't. So I write this in my nginx server block:

location /d-p27.js {
  proxy_pass https://data.example.com/p/piwik.js;
}

After reloading nginx's config, when I test this with curl -I https://another.example.com/d-p27.js, I get a 404. The nginx logs don't say any more than that.

So I try this:

location /d-p27.js {
  rewrite ^/d-p27.js$ /p/piwik.js break;
  proxy_pass https://data.example.com/;
}

This also 404's. Any suggestions?

The solution

Thanks to @RichardSmith, the solution is simply to use an exact match to avoid confusion with other regex's:

location = /d-p27.js {
  proxy_pass https://data.example.com/p/piwik.js;
}

edited Jul 23 '18 at 18:13

asked Jul 23 '18 at 16:47

jma

404 returned by your backend or by frontend? – Alexander Tolkachev Jul 23 '18 at 16:52
nginx is returning a 404 – jma Jul 23 '18 at 16:58
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Do you have any other `location` definitions in your configuration - maybe regular expressions to handle URIs that end with `.js`? – Richard Smith Jul 23 '18 at 17:39
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@RichardSmith Aha, yes! This, plus simply guaranteeing first match by using = rather than regex match, since I want to match only this one file anyway. Thanks! – jma Jul 23 '18 at 18:11
Did you solve this problem? If so, please post an answer below. Answers should not be part of the question text as people do not expect to find them there. – Michael Hampton Jul 23 '18 at 18:23
@MichaelHampton Yes, but I shouldn't, richardsmith should so I can accept his answer. – jma Jul 23 '18 at 18:27

nginx proxy_pass one file

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