Prerequisites
Notes
Directory
Main
sudo mkdir -p '/var/www/files' && sudo chown -R 'www-data':'www-data' '/var/www/files' && sync
Subdirectories

Change
x
sudo mkdir -p '/var/www/files/x' && sudo chown -R 'www-data':'www-data' '/var/www/files' && sync
index

Using an
index.html in a specific directory causes the file listing to not show
sudo -u 'www-data' -e '/var/www/files/index.html'
Test
Link Sharing
sudo mkdir -p '/var/www/files/links' && sudo chown -R 'www-data':'www-data' '/var/www/files' && sudo -u 'www-data' -e '/var/www/files/links/index.html'
<a href=../>../</a>
<br>
<a href=https://www.startpage.com>StartPage</a>
<br>
<a href=URL1>NAME1</a>
<br>
<a href=URL2>NAME2</a>
nginx Configuration
Server Block
sudo -e '/etc/nginx/sites-available/files.conf'
server {
listen '443' 'ssl' 'http2';
server_name 'files.realmofespionage.xyz';
root '/var/www/files';
index 'index.html';
include '/etc/nginx/snippets/restrictions.conf';
include '/etc/nginx/snippets/headers.conf';
add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'" always;
#access_log /var/log/nginx/files-access.log;
#error_log /var/log/nginx/files-error.log;
}
Enable Server Block
sudo rm -f '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/files.conf' && sudo ln -s '/etc/nginx/sites-available/files.conf' '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled' && sudo systemctl reload 'nginx'
Transfer Files To Server
scp x espionage724@192.168.1.153:~
Allow Public Access To Files
cd '/var/www/files' && sudo mv x && sudo chcon -R -t 'httpd_sys_rw_content_t' '/var/www/files' && sudo chown -R 'nginx':'nginx' '/var/www/files' && cd ~ && sync