Enable Directory Listing in Nginx

To enable directory listing in Nginx, add following to server configuration.

autoindex on;

Example

server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server;
	root /var/www/html;
	autoindex on;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	server_name _;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        proxy_read_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_send_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;
        fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

}

If you need it for a specific folder, add

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    root /var/www/html;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    server_name _;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location /myfiles {
            autoindex on;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        proxy_read_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_send_timeout 600;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;
        fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

}