nginx error mapping

Question

How can I map error codes/pages in nginx to my more descriptive file names?

e.g.,

I have a dir with errors like 404-NotFound that I would like to easily map the 404 error code to in nginx. I do not want to have to specify each error_page mapping by hand as it would be tedious. It would also bloat the conf file because it would have to be done for each server.

I already have a map setup but new to nginx and can't figure out how to get it all to work together.

(All my error pages start with the error code so, in fact, I would rather have some way for the file to be automatically found since there is only one file per error code.

e.g., error 404 is mapped to file 404-NotFound.html and it would be nice if I didn't have to specify this but somehow it detected automatically.)

I would also like to support multiple languages...

Answer 1

error_page can contain variables in URI part but not in codes, so anyway it would require you to explicitly set that list. In decent Nginx versions (1.3.2, 1.2.2) variable $status appeared, allowing to approach your aim in a way like this:

error_page 404 403 … @err;

location @err {
    try_files /html/error/$status.html /html/error/default.html;
}

Answer 2

I have yet to test this, if you have the time to do it, try this:

  recursive_error_pages on;
  error_page 400 403 404 407 500 502 503 504 /path/to/$status-ErrorPage.html;

Good luck!

Edit: Did some research and found this, and now I just learned it's a BAD idea