kubernetes nginx ingress server-snippet annotation not taking effect

Question

I have following ingress.yaml

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
    name: nginx-configuration-snippet
    annotations:
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /$2
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet: |
          location /base/path/v1/api/update {
              deny all;
              return 404;
            }
spec:
  rules:
    - http:
        paths:
          - path: /base/path(/|$)(.*)
            backend:
              serviceName: myApi
              servicePort: 8080

But when I send PUT request to /base/path/v1/api/update instead of getting 404 I am getting 500 which means that the path is reachable from ingress controller. Can anybody help me identify why ?

I changed to configuration-snippet and the error I got is :

Error: exit status 1
2020/08/06 18:35:07 [emerg] 1734#1734: location "/base/path/v1/api/update" is outside location "^/base/path(/|$)(.*)" in /tmp/nginx-cfg008325631:2445
nginx: [emerg] location "/base/path/v1/api/update" is outside location "^/base/path(/|$)(.*)" in /tmp/nginx-cfg008325631:2445
nginx: configuration file /tmp/nginx-cfg008325631 test failed

Answer 1

Adding my own answer : The final config that worked for me was :

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
    name: nginx-configuration-snippet
    annotations:
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /$2
        nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet: |
          location ~* "^/base/path/v1/api/update" {
              deny all;
              return 403;
            }
spec:
  rules:
    - http:
        paths:
          - path: /base/path(/|$)(.*)
            backend:
              serviceName: myApi
              servicePort: 8080