unknown directive "autoindex"

[banghasan]

I am highly interested in this Docker image project, and my primary intention is to replace the existing Nginx image.

While working on this, I configured Nginx to function as a file browser, but encountered an error when the autoindex directive was set to on.

The error message I received was:

nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "autoindex"

Could you please assist me with a solution?

[11notes]

The 11notes/nginx image comes in two flavours. Light, the default one, and full. In the light version autoindex is disabled so you need to use the full version or I can add it to the light version, which actually would make sense since the auto index feature is more of a web server feature than proxy or multi media. Don’t forget that the light version does not support HTTPS, so you must only expose your light Nginx via a reverse proxy.

[banghasan]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation regarding the "Light" and "Full" image flavors. That clarifies the autoindex issue perfectly.

I agree with your suggestion that adding autoindex to the Light version makes sense, as my use case is purely for a simple file server/web server feature, and the minimal footprint of the Light version is preferred.

If possible, I would greatly appreciate it if you could add the autoindex support to the Light image.

We will ensure that the Light Nginx image is only exposed via a reverse proxy to handle HTTPS, as you advised.