#nginx file index This web application is a very simple file index for use as a file browser and uses nginx's autoindex module.
A sample nginx configuration is also included which mounts file browser under root (/) and mounts files to be listed under /files path. Hence the filesBaseUrl directive
To build locally:
docker build nginx-file-index:latest
In order to use this docker image, the volume which has to be served should
be mounted under /opt/www/files/ and port 80 of container shall be mapped
to a proper port on host. A proper run would look like:
$ docker run -it -d -p 80:80 -v /path/to/files/:/opt/www/files/ rickrussell/nginx-file-index:latest
With container up and running you can point your browser to IP of docker host with given port to view the files. For example with above run command assuming docker host having IP with 192.168.0.200 we have to navigate to this URL:
http://192.168.0.200
Be very careful with symlinks, they can expose very important files!
If you have symlinks inside files dir that you want to be able to browse too, the alias path where /files is served by nginx has to be changed to match the same path outside your docker container. Lets say I have a directory with path /home/myuser/files-to-serve/. Which has two directories named dir1 and dir2. where dir1 is nothing more than a symlink to dir2. In order to be able to browse dir1 (inside dir2) on file browser, following have to be done:
In default.conf
alias /opt/www/files/;
change to
alias /home/myuser/files-to-serve/;
And the mounting point is now /home/myuser/files-to-serve/ instead of /opt/www/files/.