Nginx not following symlinks

Question

I have installed nginx on Ubuntu 12.04. However, nginx does not seem to follow symlinks. I understand that there is a config change required for this but I am not able to find where to make the change. Any help appreciated.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12624358/nginx-not-following-symlinks

Answer 1

Have a look at the following config option from nginx docs:

Syntax:

disable_symlinks off;
disable_symlinks on |
if_not_owner [from=part];

Default: disable_symlinks off;

Context: http, server, location

This directive appeared in version 1.1.15.