Nginx serve files on specific location from specific folder

Question

I want NGINX to serve serve files from a location within a server. As an example, I would like the url http://domain/ss/image.png to serve the file located within /home/data/screenshots/image.png

So far, I have attempted to use a regex in this manner

location ~ ^/ss/(.*) {
    root /home/data/screenshots;
    add_header content-type "image/png";
    try_files $1 /$1;
}

however it appears that this location is never reached, being handled by the location spefcified to / (which in my case is a redirect).

I am not flexible with renaming/changing any of the file structure of the project and want to achieve this result with just the NGINX config modification.

The $1 will not match as it is missing a leading / and the final parameter of try_files is an internal redirect which will be handled by the location / block. You should try: try_files /$1 =404; — Richard Smith
– Richard Smith, Commented Dec 2, 2021 at 14:28

RealistikDash · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-02 15:45:16Z

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As described by Richard's comment on the question, it appears that my regex approach was correct, however my issue was the usage of the try_files function.

answered Dec 2, 2021 at 15:45

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