How to configure nginx to enable kinda 'file browser' mode?

Question

Once I\'ve seen this before when I type a URL http://test.com/test/, instead of give me a html page, it gives me a \'file browser\' like interface to browse all

Answer 1

All answers contain part of the answer. Let me try to combine all in one.

Quick setup "file browser" mode on freshly installed nginx server:

1. Edit default config for nginx:

   sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   

2. Add following to config section:

   location /myfolder {  # new url path
      alias /home/username/myfolder/; # directory to list
      autoindex on;
   }
   

3. Create folder and sample file there:

   mkdir -p /home/username/myfolder/
   ls -la >/home/username/myfolder/mytestfile.txt
   

4. Restart nginx

   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   

5. Check result: http:///myfolder for example http://192.168.0.10/myfolder/