How to deliver a a file with no extension with Nginx?

Question

All of my static HTML file have no extension, meaning they are not index.html, they are just index. How can I tell Nginx to access them and deliver them as HTML files? I have the following configuration.

server {

        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;

        listen 443 ssl;
        listen [::]:443 ssl;

        include snippets/snakeoil.conf;

        root /home/davidgatti/Documents/example.com;

        index home

        server_name example.loc;

        location / {
                default_type text/html;

                try_files $uri $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
}

Right now Nginx sends back a 404.

Answer 1

Eventually I figure it out:

• index /home; needs a slash
• try_files needs $uri.html not sure why, but without it won't work.

#
#   Server Configuration
#
server {

    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;

    #
    #   Use the a default SSL for development.
    #
    include snippets/snakeoil.conf;

    #
    #   Tell which folder to server.
    #
    root /home/davidgatti/Documents/Retireryte/YOUR_SITE_NAME/_output;

    #
    #   Set the default file.
    #
    index /home;

    #
    #   Tell Nginx which url is this configuration for.
    #
    server_name login.example.loc;

    #
    #   Default configuration.
    #
    location / {

        #
        #   Since we deliver files with no extension, we need to tell
        #   Nginx what those files are.
        #
        default_type text/html;

        #
        #   First attempt to serve request as file, then
        #   as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
        #
        try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ =404;

    }
}