Linux nginx Open file directory listing feature

Sample configuration file

Here to show the example of the configuration file, only need to modify the hostname can be.

server {
Listen 80;
CharSet Utf-8;
server_name localhost;
Root/www/web/default;

Location/{
AutoIndex on;
Autoindex_exact_size off;
Autoindex_localtime on;
}
}

where localhost in server name localhost is changed to the actual hostname, and/www/web/default in Root/www/web/default is changed to the actual web directory.

Configuration file Explanation

In fact, the following three lines of code are available to open the file directory browsing function:

AutoIndex on;
Autoindex_exact_size off;
Autoindex_localtime on;

AutoIndex on;

Indicates that the feature is turned on

Autoindex_exact_size off;

The default is on, showing the exact size of the file, in bytes.
When off, displays the approximate size of the file, in kilobytes or MB or GB

Autoindex_localtime on;

The default is off, and the file time displayed is GMT time.
When on, the file time displayed is the file's server time

The effect is as follows