Default page in NGINX

Posted April 11, 2014

Hi,

I have install a new LEMP server by following the instructions here https://digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04

The installation was successful by following the help guide.

Issue: When I go to my domain example.com/index.php – it works great When I go to my domain exmaple.com - It automatically download a file. I would like it to default to index.php or index.htm or index.html.

How do I go about setting that up. Thank much for your help.

jean.micheal

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jean.micheal • April 11, 2014

works great :) changing default_type application/octet-stream; to default_type text/html; in nginx.conf solved the issue. Thanks much.

andre.nuno • April 11, 2014

It download a page because in nginx.conf you have: default_type application/octet-stream; You can change it to default_type text/html; or something like that More info: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#default_type To have a default page Use index index.php index.html; More info: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_index_module.html#index