trying to cache js and css file with nginx

Question

I'm trying to cache .css e .js files.

At the moment in this way is not working:

location /static {
     alias /var/www/ttch/assets/;
}

location ~* ^.+\.(css|js)$ {
   access_log off;
   expires max;
}

With only this config, nginx serve correctly static file without cache:

location /static {
     alias /var/www/ttch/assets/;
}

Any hints about how can I merge this two directives? Thanks.

Do you really need regex in that case? expires header can be applied to /static location. — Anatoly
– Anatoly, Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 9:25
I don't want to apply expires max to all /static/ file, but also on js and css. — beddamadre
– beddamadre, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 16:59

Anatoly · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-07 18:28:19Z

2

Alias or root directive helps you to identify location on the file system, but location is self-contained block you can extend easily, so this will work properly:

location /static {
   alias /var/www/ttch/assets/;
   access_log off;
   expires max;   
}

If you want to serve files with particular extensions, try this one:

location ~ ^/static/(.+\.(?:css|js))$ {
  alias /var/www/ttch/assets/;
  access_log off;
  expires max;
}

answered Dec 7, 2014 at 18:28

Anatoly

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