# Autoindex directive in 'if' section **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [January 26, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151 "2012-01-26T20:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/1 "2012-01-26T20:17:38Z")
Hello, I would like to use the following in my conf file: location a/ { if ($host ~\* “”) { root “”; autoindex on; } } But that doesn’t work: ‘nginx: [emerg] “autoindex” directive is not allowed here’ What should I do? ## Thanks, _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/2 "2012-01-26T20:21:57Z")
Hello! On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 02:16:22PM -0500, B.R. wrote: > But that doesn’t work: ‘nginx: [emerg] “autoindex” directive is not allowed > here’ > > What should I do? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/3 "2012-01-27T21:44:13Z")
I know this Wiki page… I guess return/rewrite are useless here: I only want to change the root and activate the directory listing when the user is on a specific directory of a specific domain. Any more help ? :\ Thx, B.R. * * * De: Maxim D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) : [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Envoy le : Jeudi 26 janvier 2012 14h21 Objet: Re: autoindex directive in ‘if’ section Hello! On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 02:16:22PM -0500, B.R. wrote: > But that doesn’t work: ‘nginx: [emerg] “autoindex” directive is not allowed > here’ > > What should I do? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/4 "2012-01-27T23:43:03Z")
Thanks for the help! Needed some other tricks playing with the path… ## Many thanks again! ;o) _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/5 "2012-01-27T22:52:21Z")
28 января 2012, 00:44 от “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” : \> I know this Wiki page… \> I guess return/rewrite are useless here: I only want to change the root and \> activate the directory listing when the user is on a specific directory of a \> specific domain. \> \> Any more help ? :\ I just explained how this is handled here: [How to proxy\_pass POST with headers](http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2012-January/031622.html) In your case use the rewrite inside the if block and and then change root and set autoindex inside the internal URI block. Max ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/6 "2012-01-28T00:03:27Z")
Erk… Didn’t make all my tests :o) To end the job, I need to get rid of the ‘post\_rewrite’ part of the path, so my files get served as ‘/path/to/files’ and not ‘/post\_rewrite/path/to/files’. I tried rewrite, but of course that gets me out of the current location block… ## Should I replace the content of $uri? Is there any variable regex substitution mechanism in nginx? Couldn’t find that on Google nor wiki. Maybe I am not searching for the right thing. _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/7 "2012-01-28T21:21:09Z")
## So simple… Thanks for everything Max, it works perfectly! ;o) _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/8 "2012-02-01T22:47:08Z")
Hello, Finally, a little something still annoying me… Since the location is based on the new /post\_redirect/ folder, the indexing page shows: Index of /post\_redirect/\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ## It is unaesthetic to me, since I would like the original URI there. :o Any trick on that? _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/9 "2012-01-28T18:40:33Z")
28 января 2012, 03:11 от “B.R.” : \> To end the job, I need to get rid of the ‘post\_rewrite’ part of the path, \> so my files get served as ‘/path/to/files’ and not \> ‘/post\_rewrite/path/to/files’. \> I tried rewrite, but of course that gets me out of the current location \> block… \> \> Should I replace the content of $uri? Is there any variable regex \> substitution mechanism in nginx? \> Couldn’t find that on Google nor wiki. Maybe I am not searching for the \> right thing. [http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#alias](http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#alias) Use alias instead of root, it does exactly what you need: location ~ ^/post\_rewrite/(.\*)$ { internal; autoindex on; alias /sandbox/$1; } Max ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/10 "2012-02-02T18:10:56Z")
02 февраля 2012, 01:46 от “B.R.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Since the location is based on the new /post\_redirect/ folder, the indexing page > shows: > Index of /post\_redirect /\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > > It is unaesthetic to me, since I would like the original URI there. :o > Any trick on that? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com Set whatever log\_format you want inside the /post\_redirect/ location block. > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com You can also turn log\_subrequest off inside the if block to prevent the rewrite from showing up in the logs. Max ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/11 "2012-02-02T18:54:17Z")
## OK, thanks for the answer! _B. R._ ---
**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autoindex-directive-in-if-section/216151/12 "2012-02-02T18:32:02Z")
02 февраля 2012, 01:46 от “B.R.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Since the location is based on the new /post\_redirect/ folder, the indexing > page shows: > Index of /post\_redirect/\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > > It is unaesthetic to me, since I would like the original URI there. :o > Any trick on that? Sorry, I misunderstood your question. If you want autoindex to mask the directory name, you’ll have to change the source code yourself: File src/http/modules/ngx\_http\_autoindex\_module.c Function: ngx\_http\_autoindex\_handler(ngx\_http\_request\_t \*r) Variable: dir You could extend the module to include a new command for such masking (autoindex\_mask\_dir “/dir\_to\_display/”), it shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes to code. Max