id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,uname,nginx_version 656,Virtual locations with index,https://stackoverflow.com/users/573152/bernard-rosset,,"When using the following configuration snippet: {{{ location = / { index index.php; } location /index.php { return 200 ""Index""; } }}} You do not need any file in the `root` directory since no content will ever be read from there. However, if you do not have an index.php file existing, nginx won't internally redirect the request and will rather attempt at listing the directory (ending up with a 503 error by default). If a location matches a requested file (either directly or using an - internal - redirection), that location should be used, hence I consider that a bug.",defect,closed,minor,,nginx-core,1.6.x,invalid,,,Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux,"nginx version: nginx/1.6.2 built by gcc 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-file-aio --with-http_spdy_module --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed' --with-ipv6"