nginx giving 403 when trying to cache css / js etc

Question

When I try to cache static files for the user, using

   location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|bmp|ttf|tof|svg|swf)$ {
       expires max;
       access_log off;
       error_log off;
    }

The static files do not load (and give 403 Forbidden when accessed), so my site loads without any of those static files. When I comment out that part, everything works as should.

Can anyone explain why this is happening?

Your question is not clear. Maybe post a link to your full config. On a different point, these Nginx configs with long lists of static files found on the web have been outdated for almost two years now. — Dayo
– Dayo, Commented Mar 17, 2012 at 20:58
What's happening is that whenever I target any of those files through regex, it gives a 403 Foridden error. I replaced the query to just \.css$ and the images are loading fine now, just the css gives a 403 error. — Ayub
– Ayub, Commented Mar 17, 2012 at 21:25
After more testing, it doesn't even have to be regex - I made a full path the main wordpress css file, and that is still being 403ed. I chmod'd it to 0777 and made the group www-data which nginx is using into the owner — Ayub
– Ayub, Commented Mar 17, 2012 at 21:32

Ali · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-27 07:56:07Z

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It's maybe because you don't specify any root directive in outer contexts (e.g. server block).

if you add a root directive to the server block or location block with path to your static folder it will be fixed:

server{
    .
    .
    .
    root /path/to/static/folder;

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|bmp|ttf|tof|svg|swf)$ {

       # or add a root directive here
       root /path/to/static/folder;

       expires max;
       access_log off;
       error_log off;
    }
}

answered Aug 27, 2012 at 7:56

Ali

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