How to enable directory browsing?

[mccaskey]

How do I enable directory browsing in Web Station (nginx)?

I think I need to add “autoindex on” in a .conf file. Which file and where?

(I used the method at How-to change default document root for Synology Web Station | linner.org to set my root directory.)

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[mccaskey]

In nginx.conf, I added “autoindex on” to all of the locations listening on port 80 (not knowing which is the right one). I stopped and restarted the Web Station in the Package Center.

No luck. Same problem — no listing of contents when I surf to the directory.

But I do get a 403 error, not a 404, so I know the server is seeing the directory.

I am guessing autoindex is not really “on” in the right “location { }”, permissions are not correct, or the .conf is not really being re-loaded when I stop/restart the Web Station.

Am I close . . . ?

 

[mccaskey]

Synology support says: Use Apache and add a .htaccess file.

 

[sstativa]

I created an autoindex stylesheet for NGINX that looks like Synology File Station. If you are familiar with docker it will take you 5 minutes to set up and index any folder you desire.

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