location ~* .(ico|css|js|gif|jpg|png)$ {
expires 7d;
}
If I add this to my server conf it will cause all those requests to fail
with a 404…I’m feeling silly for missing this, and I know it’s probably
very easy to fix…but how? 
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Hello!
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 06:45:25PM -0400, RoastedPeanut wrote:
location ~* .(ico|css|js|gif|jpg|png)$ {
expires 7d;
}
If I add this to my server conf it will cause all those requests
to fail with a 404…I’m feeling silly for missing this, and I
know it’s probably very easy to fix…but how? 
Most likely you have something like this:
root /path/to/nowhere;
location / {
root /path/to/root;
}
Adding
location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jpg|png)$ {
expires 7d;
}
results in these files being searched in nowhere. The reason is
simple: nginx uses configuration in “location ~* .(…)$” which
has no root explicitly set, and therefore root is inherited from
server/http level (or compiled-in default).
Maxim D.
Thanks, worked like a charm 
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