Cloud Foundry bundles System Buildpacks which provides runtime support for apps.
For static contents following out-of-box buildpacks are recommended:
Both options configures NGINX to serve static content. Static file buildpack is simpler to configure but limits what can be configured. NGINX buildpack allows to implement custom nginx.conf but enforces developer to follow a specific folder structure.
Sample implementation of each buildpack:
Note: If requirement is to use custom
nginx.confthen it will be recommended to use nginx_buildpack. Overriding nginx.conf is deprecated in staticbuildpack , as it breaks the functionality of the Staticfile and Staticfile.auth configuration directives.