HttpRandomIndexModule

WARNING: this article is obsoleted. Please refer to http://nginx.org/en/docs/ for the latest official documentation.

= Synopsis = Pick a random file from a directory and use it as the index file.

Example: location /  { random_index on; }

= Directives =

random_index


When enabled will scan the directory for files on each request, and chose a randomly picked file instead of the usual index.html to use as the index file. Only plain-text files not starting with a dot will be considered.

= References = Original Documentation