try_files and static web site

I have a site that is completely static and I figured I would use
try_files however this results in HTTP 500 errors for directories i.e.
trying to get to http://foo.com/bar/ results in a 500 error. What's
wrong with this config? Thanks.
--Jauder
server {
# port to listen on. Can also be set to an IP:PORT
listen 80;
# Set the charset
charset utf-8;
# sets the domain[s] that this vhost server requests for
server_name www.foo.com;
# doc root
root /var/www/foo.com;
# vhost specific access log
access_log /var/log/nginx_access.log main;
# Catchall for everything else
location / {
root /var/www/foo.com;
access_log off;
index index.html index.shtml;
expires 1d;
try_files $uri $uri/;
#if (-f $request_filename) {
# break;
#}
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
error_page 404 /404.html;
}
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I see no reason to be using try_files at all in your config.
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On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Jauder Ho wrote:
> I have a site that is completely static and I figured I would use
> try_files however this results in HTTP 500 errors for directories i.e.
> trying to get to http://foo.com/bar/ results in a 500 error. What's
> wrong with this config? Thanks.
>
> --Jauder
>
> server {
> # port to listen on. Can also be set to an IP:PORT
> listen 80;
>
> # Set the charset
> charset utf-8;
>
> # sets the domain[s] that this vhost server requests for
> server_name www.foo.com;
>
> # doc root
> root /var/www/foo.com;
>
> # vhost specific access log
> access_log /var/log/nginx_access.log main;
>
>
> # Catchall for everything else
> location / {
> root /var/www/foo.com;
> access_log off;
>
> index index.html index.shtml;
> expires 1d;
>
> try_files $uri $uri/;
>
> #if (-f $request_filename) {
> # break;
> #}
> }
>
>
>
> error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
> error_page 404 /404.html;
>
> }
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>