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Gotcha! I remember reading that the index directive works on URIs with trailing slashes, but I did not immediately understand that the actual serving was implemented by try_files. It makes sense. Thank you!
– rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Commented Sep 20, 2018 at 19:12
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You do not need try_files to implement index. But if you do have a try_files statement, you need to add the $uri/ term, otherwise index will be disabled within that block.
– Richard Smith
Commented Sep 20, 2018 at 19:18
Oh, ok. Is that specified in the documentation somewhere?
– rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Commented Sep 20, 2018 at 20:49
Index is documented here.
– Richard Smith
Commented Sep 20, 2018 at 20:56
I really don't see how I would have gathered the information you provided from the documentation, which I had already read.
– rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Commented Sep 20, 2018 at 21:06

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