Nginx split large configuration file

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My nginx default configuration file is becoming huge. I'd like to split it to smaller config files, each including only one, maximum 4 locations to each file, so that I can enable/disable them quickly.

Actual file looks like this: 

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    root /var/www/

    location /1 {
        config info...;
    }

    location /2 {
        config info....;
    }        
    location /abc {
        proxy_pass...;
    }

    location /xyz {
        fastcgi_pass....;
    }
    location /5678ab {
        config info...;
    }

    location /admin {
        config info....;
    }

now, if I want to split that up to have only a few locations in each file (locations belonging together), what would be a proper way to do it without causing chaos (like declaring root in each file, hence having weird path's that nginx tries to find files) ?

Best Answer

You are probably looking for Nginx's include function: http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#include

You can use it like this:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.com;
  […]
  include conf/location.conf;
}

include also accepts wildcards so you could also write

include include/*.conf;

to include every *.conf file in the directory include.

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