[5] Nginx Server Setup - Folder Listing on Web

Before implementing file upload/download functionality, let's first create a local storage directory and make it accessible via the web.

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1. Create Storage and Set Permissions

- Create storage directory ``` mkdir /root/storage cd /root/storage vi test.txt # Add any content, save, and exit ```

- Grant permissions to the directory for the user running NGINX ``` ps aux | grep nginx ```

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For example, if the NGINX process runs as "nobody", change the folder's ownership:

``` [root@vbox build] (master) $ ps aux | grep nginx root 52636 0.0 0.0 4544 2412 ? Ss 01:26 0:00 nginx: master process ./nginx root 59772 0.0 0.1 13064 9600 pts/1 T 06:04 0:00 /usr/bin/vim nginx.conf nobody 60676 0.0 0.0 13168 5484 ? S 06:23 0:00 nginx: worker process nobody 60677 0.0 0.0 13168 5612 ? S 06:23 0:00 nginx: worker process ```

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- Change permissions and ownership sudo chmod -R 755 /root/storage sudo chown -R nobody:nobody /root/storage

- Modify SELinux security context sudo chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /root/storage

If these steps are not followed, a 403 Forbidden error may occur.

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2. Apply NGINX Configuration

- Using `alias`, configure the `/list` endpoint to display the contents of the `/root/storage` directory.

``` user nobody; worker_processes 10;

events { worker_connections 1024; use epoll; }

http { include mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream;

sendfile on; keepalive_timeout 65; large_client_header_buffers 4 16k;

server { listen 10099; server_name localhost;

location /upload.html { root /root/nginx/html; index upload.html; }

location /list { alias /root/storage/; autoindex on; # Enable directory listing autoindex_exact_size off; # Display file size in a simplified format (optional) autoindex_localtime on; # Display file time in local time (optional) }

location /upload { proxy_pass http://localhost:8848; # Proxy target server proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; } } } ```

After making changes, apply them with "nginx -s reload".

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Verifying this setup should display the directory contents correctly.

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