Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

WebDAV

WebDAV is an extension of the well-known HTTP protocol. While HTTP was designed for visitors to download resources from a website (in other words, reading data), WebDAV extends the functionality of web servers by adding write operations, such as creating files and folders, moving and copying files, and more. The Nginx WebDAV module implements a small subset of the WebDAV protocol:

Directive	Description
dav_methods Context: http, server, location	Selects the DAV methods you want to enable. Syntax: dav_methods [off | [PUT] [DELETE] [MKCOL] [COPY] [MOVE]]; Default: off
dav_access Context: http, server, location	Defines access permissions at the current level. Syntax: dav_access [user:r|w|rw] [group:r|w|rw] [all:r|w|rw]; ...