Node.js : Nginx won't serve static content

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I am trying to server static content via nginx on my node.js app. For the seemingly simple and obvious setup, I am not able to route the static content via nginx. With this line :

  location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$ {
                    access_log off;
                    expires max;
    }

nginx does not server any static content (js, css, images) - but on removing this I see that static contents are displayed. On Node side, I am using express and jade.

nginx.conf: https://gist.github.com/3331669

default: https://gist.github.com/3331674

matzahboy · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-13 01:21:12Z

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Try the following:

location ~  \.(jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$ {
  access_log off;
  expires max;
}

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 1:21

matzahboy

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Ved Over a year ago

No luck. One thing is that I am running nginx as www-data user while my app's permissions are for root:root - is that causing this? If I run nginx with 'root' things work fine. Are there any problems running nginx as root ?

matzahboy Over a year ago

It's a bad idea to run things as root unless they really have to be. Set the octal permissions for those static files to 644 (i.e. readable by other) so that www-data user can read them.

matzahboy Over a year ago

If you run things as root, any vulnerability in your app could destroy your server (since the exploit would run with root privileges)

Ved Over a year ago

True. Even if I set permission to 644 to /public folder for www-datda I get the same error. Not sure what to do.

matzahboy Over a year ago

Sorry, for files, set permissions to 644. For folders, set permissions to 755

cobaco · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-12 16:22:05Z

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Try the following

location ~*  .*\.(jpe?g|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html?)$ {
  access_log off;
  expires max;
}

edited Aug 12, 2012 at 16:22

answered Aug 12, 2012 at 16:15

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Ved Over a year ago

Still same issue after I disable assets from express.

PaulG · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-16 13:58:29Z

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Try

location ~* .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$ {
        access_log off;
        expires max;
        root /var/www/yoursitename/public;
    }

edited Aug 16, 2013 at 13:58

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answered Aug 16, 2013 at 13:39

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