Why do I need a `try_files` to make the `root` directive work?
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I was having troubles making nginx find the static files for my frontend, and in what I thought was a desperate effort, I added a seemingly-tautological try_files instruction, which made everything work.
location /frontend
try_files $uri /;
root static_root ;
index /frontend/index.html;
location /
rewrite ^.*$ /frontend/index.html break;
My question is: why wouldn't this work without the first location /frontend directive?
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I was having troubles making nginx find the static files for my frontend, and in what I thought was a desperate effort, I added a seemingly-tautological try_files instruction, which made everything work.
location /frontend
try_files $uri /;
root static_root ;
index /frontend/index.html;
location /
rewrite ^.*$ /frontend/index.html break;
My question is: why wouldn't this work without the first location /frontend directive?
nginx
asked May 2 at 16:18
mccc
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I was having troubles making nginx find the static files for my frontend, and in what I thought was a desperate effort, I added a seemingly-tautological try_files instruction, which made everything work.
location /frontend
try_files $uri /;
root static_root ;
index /frontend/index.html;
location /
rewrite ^.*$ /frontend/index.html break;
My question is: why wouldn't this work without the first location /frontend directive?
nginx
asked May 2 at 16:18
mccc
1134
I was having troubles making nginx find the static files for my frontend, and in what I thought was a desperate effort, I added a seemingly-tautological try_files instruction, which made everything work.
location /frontend
try_files $uri /;
root static_root ;
index /frontend/index.html;
location /
rewrite ^.*$ /frontend/index.html break;
My question is: why wouldn't this work without the first location /frontend directive?
nginx
asked May 2 at 16:18
mccc
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asked May 2 at 16:18
mccc
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asked May 2 at 16:18
mccc
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asked May 2 at 16:18
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The rewrite is a indiscriminate, it applies to every request (even .css and .js files). By adding a separate location, URIs beginning with /frontend are protected from the indiscriminate rewrite.
You could probably achieve a similar result with:
root /path/to/root;
location /
try_files $uri $uri/ /frontend/index.html;
See this document for more.
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
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Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
0
down vote
accepted
The rewrite is a indiscriminate, it applies to every request (even .css and .js files). By adding a separate location, URIs beginning with /frontend are protected from the indiscriminate rewrite.
You could probably achieve a similar result with:
root /path/to/root;
location /
try_files $uri $uri/ /frontend/index.html;
See this document for more.
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
The rewrite is a indiscriminate, it applies to every request (even .css and .js files). By adding a separate location, URIs beginning with /frontend are protected from the indiscriminate rewrite.
You could probably achieve a similar result with:
root /path/to/root;
location /
try_files $uri $uri/ /frontend/index.html;
See this document for more.
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
The rewrite is a indiscriminate, it applies to every request (even .css and .js files). By adding a separate location, URIs beginning with /frontend are protected from the indiscriminate rewrite.
You could probably achieve a similar result with:
root /path/to/root;
location /
try_files $uri $uri/ /frontend/index.html;
See this document for more.
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
The rewrite is a indiscriminate, it applies to every request (even .css and .js files). By adding a separate location, URIs beginning with /frontend are protected from the indiscriminate rewrite.
You could probably achieve a similar result with:
root /path/to/root;
location /
try_files $uri $uri/ /frontend/index.html;
See this document for more.
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
answered May 2 at 16:48
Richard Smith
771148
771148
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
add a comment |Â
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
Thanks! I guess I'll leave it as it is now since it's a tad more explicit
– mccc
May 3 at 8:15
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