nginx execute incorrect path with alias - nginx

Question

I don't understand my nginx not serve file from '/var/www/html/foo/' when I execute 'w3m http://localhost/foo/test.html'?
I get 404 error, despite of existing test.html in '/var/www/html/foo/'. When I checked log I see that it looking for page in '/var/www/html/nginx/foo/test.html'.
user nobody nogroup;
worker_processes 2;
events {
worker_connections 512;
}
http {
server {
listen *:80;
listen *:1026;
server_name "test";
root /var/www/html/nginx/ ;
location foo/ {
alias /var/www/html/foo/ ;
}
}
}
arek#127:~$ ls /var/www/html/nginx
test.html
arek#127:~$ ls /var/www/html/foo
index.html test_bigger.html test.html text.html
arek#127:~$
When I checked log I see that it looking for page in '/var/www/html/nginx/foo/test.html'
2022/09/03 02:36:05 [error] 139475#139475: *2 open() "/var/www/html/nginx/foo/test.html" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: test, request: "GET /foo/test.html HTTP/1.0", host: "localhost"
when I change my root path on '/var/www/html/' its works.

Answer 1

Try it with the server configuration block like this instead, which is working on my server. Removed the trailing slash from the root, and added a slash before foo/. Also added a default_type for the location. If you still get an error, comment with the log showing the query path.
server {
listen 80;
listen 1026;
server_name "test";
root /var/www/html/nginx;
location /foo/ {
alias /var/www/html/foo/;
default_type "text/html";
}
}