Understanding Root and Alias directive in NGINX
Posted By : Ravi Verma | 25-Apr-2015
With "alias" you can set alias to another file name, like
location /users.txt {
alias /home/www/static-files/filename.txt;
}
whereas
location /users.txt {
root /home/www/static-files/;
}
forces you to name your file as robots.txt
in others words.
when you use root, location added to to the root
ex :
location /users.txt {
root /home/www/static-files;
}
result : /home/www/static-files/users.txt
when you use alias, location added to to the alias
ex:
location /users.txt {
alias /home/www/static-files/users.txt;
}
result : /home/www/static-files/users.txt
Hope you find it helpful.
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Ravi is a seasoned technologist with excellent experience in AngularJS , NodeJS and MEAN stack. He has good experience in developing complex UIs for web and mobile applications.