Altering Static File Handling

MageStack treats dynamic content different to static content,

Eg.

• Different HTTP timeouts
• Different caching rules
• Different DOS rules
• etc.

Static files by default are defined here

To override the default behavior of a 404 error on non-existent static content (eg. for Magento downloadable content), you can either add a location directive, or add a rewrite rule. A rewrite rule is simpler and is preferred.

Examples

Change pdf handling to fallback to Magento

Eg. For https://www.example.com/downloads/extra/path/information/here/filename.pdf

Via rewrite

rewrite ^/downloads/.+\.pdf$ index.php$is_args$args last;

Via location directive

location ~* ^/downloads/.+\.pdf$ {
  location ~* \.(php)$ {
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  try_files $uri $uri/ index.php$is_args$args;
}

Change jpg, gif and svg handling to fallback to Magento

Eg. For the following URLs

• https://www.example.com/downloads/extra/path/information/here/filename.pdf
• https://www.example.com/downloads/extra/path/information/here/filename.gif
• https://www.example.com/otherpath/extra/path/information/here/filename.svg

Via rewrite

rewrite ^/(downloads|otherpath)/.+\.(pdf|gif|svg)$ index.php$is_args$args last;

Via location directive

location ~* ^/(downloads|otherpath)/.+\.(pdf|gif|svg)$ {
  location ~* \.(php)$ {
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  try_files $uri $uri/ index.php$is_args$args;
}