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[stable33] docs: block access to metadata files in nginx sample configs #15145

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17 changes: 12 additions & 5 deletions admin_manual/installation/nginx-root.conf.sample
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# Version 2025-07-23
# Nextcloud nginx configuration — root installation
# Version 2026-06-09

upstream php-handler {
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
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location ~ ^/(?:build|tests|config|lib|3rdparty|templates|data)(?:$|/) { return 404; }
location ~ ^/(?:\.|autotest|occ|issue|indie|db_|console) { return 404; }

# Ensure this block, which passes PHP files to the PHP process, is above the blocks
# which handle static assets (as seen below). If this block is not declared first,
# then Nginx will encounter an infinite rewriting loop when it prepends `/index.php`
# to the URI, resulting in a HTTP 500 error response.
# Hide metadata files which would otherwise be served as plain files and
# leak dependency information (composer.json, package.json, core/shipped.json).
location ~ ^/(?:composer\.(?:json|lock)|package(?:-lock)?\.json|core/shipped\.json)$ { return 404; }

# Pass PHP requests to PHP-FPM.
#
# Important: this block must appear above the static asset locations
# below. Those locations fall back to `/index.php$request_uri`; if
# they appear first, nginx can repeatedly rewrite to `/index.php`,
# causing an internal redirection loop.
location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
# Required for legacy support
rewrite ^/(?!index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|ocs-provider\/.+|.+\/richdocumentscode(_arm64)?\/proxy) /index.php$request_uri;
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17 changes: 12 additions & 5 deletions admin_manual/installation/nginx-subdir.conf.sample
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# Version 2025-07-23
# Nextcloud nginx configuration — subdirectory installation (/nextcloud)
# Version 2026-06-09

upstream php-handler {
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
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location ~ ^/nextcloud/(?:build|tests|config|lib|3rdparty|templates|data)(?:$|/) { return 404; }
location ~ ^/nextcloud/(?:\.|autotest|occ|issue|indie|db_|console) { return 404; }

# Ensure this block, which passes PHP files to the PHP process, is above the blocks
# which handle static assets (as seen below). If this block is not declared first,
# then Nginx will encounter an infinite rewriting loop when it prepends
# `/nextcloud/index.php` to the URI, resulting in a HTTP 500 error response.
# Hide metadata files which would otherwise be served as plain files and
# leak dependency information (composer.json, package.json, core/shipped.json).
location ~ ^/nextcloud/(?:composer\.(?:json|lock)|package(?:-lock)?\.json|core/shipped\.json)$ { return 404; }

# Pass PHP requests to PHP-FPM.
#
# Important: this block must appear above the static asset locations
# below. Those locations fall back to `/nextcloud/index.php$request_uri`;
# if they appear first, nginx can repeatedly rewrite to
# `/nextcloud/index.php`, causing an internal redirection loop.
location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
# Required for legacy support
rewrite ^/nextcloud/(?!index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|ocs-provider\/.+|.+\/richdocumentscode(_arm64)?\/proxy) /nextcloud/index.php$request_uri;
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