nginx 404 expires

location~*\.(ico|css|js|gif|jpg|png)${

>expires7d;

>}

>IfIaddthistomyserverconfitwillcauseallthoserequests

>tofailwitha404..I'mfeelingsillyformissingthis,andI

>knowit'sprobablyveryeasytofix...buthow?

Mostlikelyyouhavesomethinglikethis:

root/path/to/nowhere;

location/{

root/path/to/root;

}

Adding

location~*\.(ico|css|js|gif|jpg|png)${

expires7d;

}

resultsinthesefilesbeingsearchedinnowhere.Thereasonis

simple:nginxusesconfigurationin"location~*\.(...)$"which

hasnorootexplicitlyset,andthereforerootisinheritedfrom

server/httplevel(orcompiled-indefault).