When developing FOTA functions, file servers are occasionally used. This blog briefly introduces how to use nginx to quickly build a local file server under Linux to facilitate testing during development.

Quick Start

Install nginx

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$ sudo apt-get install nginx

start service nginx

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$ sudo service nginx restart

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Create config file

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$ sudo gedit /etc/nginx/conf.d/file_server.conf

Modify the config file

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server {
    listen  80;                 # Set listen port
    server_name 10.119.119.75; # Set domain name(Local server use ifconfig command query) 
    charset utf-8;             # Avoid Chinese error code
    root /home/XXX/share;      # Create file path (XXX is the user name of local machine) 
    location / {
        autoindex on;            # Index
        autoindex_exact_size on; # Show file size
        autoindex_localtime on;  # Show file time
    }
}

More info: nginx config

Make the configuration effective

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$ sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
$ sudo service nginx reload

Add index.html or source

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$ pwd
/home/XXX/share
$ ls
img  index.html

  Finally, link to the local IP address through the browser to view the file or web page.