Make Nginx follow symlinks

Question

Nginx does not follow symbolic links. I get a 404 error. In my directory, I have this link:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    48 Sep 23 08:52 modules -> /path/to/dir/

but the files stored in /path/to/dir aren't found.

Please either type your solution as an answer and accept it (it's fair behaviour here) or elsewhere delete your question. — leonbloy
– leonbloy, Commented Sep 23, 2014 at 11:19
Any other ideas? I'm having this problem, I tried putting disable_symlinks off; in my conf (even though that is actually the default anyways) and nothing is working. — user112667
– user112667, Commented May 1, 2015 at 0:43
@Jason make sure the path to the symlinked file is readable and executable, e.g. run chmod +rx on all the preceding folders, and the file itself. — Shou
– Shou, Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 0:50

Nakilon · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-07 15:34:20Z

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I insert disable_symlinks off; in my nginx.conf and i resolved, works fine!

http {
    disable_symlinks off;
}

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answered Sep 23, 2014 at 17:05

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Anthon · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-18 13:34:55Z

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Use 'bind' option by mounting folders =)

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Type:

/path/where/my/big/files_dir /var/www/myhost/media_dir bind defaults,bind 0 0

(no symlinks & don't forget restart vds/cpu)

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answered Mar 18, 2016 at 13:20

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muru · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-24 04:39:18Z

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I found the solution on this post.

More specifically, these lines:

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;

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answered Nov 24, 2015 at 4:06

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