configuring nginx to serve static files from a custom directory

Question

So I want to serve static files from a specific folder on a specific port with Nginx.

$ nginx -c `pwd`/nginx.conf

my local nginx.conf goes like:

http { server { root .; listen 8080; } }

but i'm getting this error:

nginx: [emerg] no "events" section in configuration

I can see the events section in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf but I don't want to have to duplicate all the configuration. There has to be a way to use the default settings and just different port number for a specific folder.

What am I missing to get this to work?

Anatoly · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-24 19:34:50Z

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You need to specify minimal events block:

events { worker_connections 1024; }

Root needs to be declared with absolute path on the filesystem.

answered Aug 24, 2014 at 19:34

Anatoly

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Renaud Over a year ago

Actually root support relative path: see this answer

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