how to resolve nginx static assets not found error

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my application is working fine at

location / { include uwsgi_params; uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/socket_file.sock; }

but when i include static assets location location ~* .\(css|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rtf)it gives 404 not found error for css,js files

server { listen 8080; server_name your_domain www.your_domain; location ~* \.(css|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rtf)$ { expires max; log_not_found off; access_log off; } location / { include uwsgi_params; uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/socket_file.sock; } }

nginx error log show `

"/usr/share/nginx/html/static/js/jspdf.js" failed (2: No such file or directory) ' While my static assets are in /ProjectDirectory/assets/

iBug · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-20 12:07:16Z

locations are mutually exclusive, i.e. only one may match at a time. When the first location (regex) matches, directives in the second location / are ignored, and Nginx will proceed with whatever defined outside of this location block (if not defined). In your case, it's apparent that root /usr/share/nginx/html is defined somewhere at an outer level.

A straightforward solution would be to add the same include and uwsgi_pass to the first location block, but since you're serving static files, why not let Nginx handle it by adding root /path/to/your/static/files?

In practice, instead of matching file extension by regex, it's better to put all your files in one location, and use prefix-based matching:

location /static/ { alias /ProjectDirectory/assets/; }

You might want to read this answer to learn about the differences between root and alias.

Thanks @iBug for your help it worked by adding uwsgi_pass and uwsgi_params

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