nginx location

For example

location = / {
    [ configuration A ]
}

location / {
    [ configuration B ]
}
 
location /documents/ {
    [ configuration C ]
}

location ^~ /images/ {
    [ configuration D ]
}

location ~* \.(gif|jpg|jpeg)$ {
    [ configuration E ]
}

error_page 404 = @fetch;
location @fetch(
	proxy_pass http://fetch;
)

• The “/” request will match configuration A.
• The “/index.html” request will match configuration B.
• The “/documents/document.html” request will match configuration C ( for case-insensitive matching).
• The “/images/1.gif” request will match configuration D ( for case-sensitive matching).
• The “/documents/1.jpg” request will match configuration E ( for case-insensitive matching).
• The “@” prefix defines a named location. Such a location is not used for a regular request processing, but instead used for request redirection. They cannot be nested, and cannot contain nested locations.

Reference

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#location