Simple file-serving (static) website?

bobbyfiend

I have use for a very simple static website, but I don't seem to be setting that up correctly. I want a place where I can drop files, in hierarchical directories, via filezilla or SSH, and then the website just displays those files: a list of the current directory with a link to each file and subdirectory, like navigating a file manager. If someone clicks a directory link, they go to that (sub)directory. If someone needs a file, they click the file and their browser either displays it or offers to download it. I don't need anything else--no sidebars, navigation, etc.

Back in the Webfaction days I had something like this, and it was a pretty simple process. Searching this forum it looks like maybe it's as simple as setting up a static app in the control panel and mapping a website domain to it. I've done that but I get constant 403 errors when trying to access the root directory or any others; but I can still access the files themselves if I have the full path/URL (and I use this for pulling images to other apps).

To be clear, if possible I'm looking for a dead simple (and ugly is OK) solution, not a Ruby or Django app, not installing Hugo etc.

I've seen suggestions here about setting permissions (either 700 or 755, also using setfacl commands), and that doesn't seem to change anything. I'm absolutely not a coder or web developer, so I'm sure there are some obvious things I'm missing. Any suggestions? Any tutorials already posted?

sean

bobbyfiend you cannot do this with a Nginx static app on our platform because we keep directory indexes disabled on static apps. Since you have no index.html and directory listings are disabled then the 403 is the correct response.

For your use case you'll need to use a Apache+PHP app with the following directives in your .htaccess:

IndexOptions SuppressIcon
Options +Indexes

This will give you a plain filename listing. If you want to include filetype icons in the list, then first run the following command as the Apache app's shell user (replace "name_of_app" with your app's name):

cp -r /usr/share/httpd/icons ~/apps/name_of_app

Then use the following in .htaccess:

Options +Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^icons(/.*)?$ icons$1

anjanesh

Are you looking for this in a PHP-FPM with Apache app using .htacesss ?

RewriteEngine On
# directory browsing
Options All +Indexes

bobbyfiend

anjanesh Thanks! This is probably exactly what I need.

bobbyfiend

sean Thank you! As always, your help is timely and on point. I'll do this.

bobbyfiend

sean Worked like a charm!