Can try_files be allowed outside of location {} ?

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:25:39AM -0700, mike wrote:

> well if this is something you would rather not support, then perhaps i
> should go by your rules.
> 
> i try to keep my configurations simple, and it seemed like for most of
> my sites i did not need the location / {} and it also conflicted
> sometimes with other rules (probably due to incorrect modifiers and
> user error)

A server has location context with empty name "", therefore it should
work. If you have problems - report. However, if you have a complex site,
it's better to use "location /" as clearly visible fallback.

> i can try the patch if you'd like though, or i can start to make base
> level location / {} in all my configs (honestly 90% of my sites dont
> need any)

Anyway, try to see if the patch works.

> 2009/3/19 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:43:43PM -0700, mike wrote:
> >
> >> 2009/3/19 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
> >> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:17:45PM -0700, mike wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I get a warning when placing it outside of a location block. I don't
> >> >> think it -needs- to be inside of one. Would be nice to team up with
> >> >> the patch you made for the next release... :)
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure that it should be done.
> >> > Could you show use case ?
> >>
> >> for a site basically dedicated to a single app... no need for location / {}
> >>
> >> server {
> >>         listen 80;
> >>         server_name michaelshadle.com;
> >>         index index.php index.html;
> >>         root /home/mike/web/michaelshadle.com;
> >>         include /etc/nginx/defaults.conf;
> >>         include /etc/nginx/expires.conf;
> >>         try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php?q=$uri;
> >>         location ~ \.php$ {
> >>                 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:11000;
> >>         }
> >> }
> >>
> >> my current workaround:
> >>
> >> server {
> >>         listen 80;
> >>         server_name michaelshadle.com;
> >>         index index.php index.html;
> >>         root /home/mike/web/michaelshadle.com;
> >>         include /etc/nginx/defaults.conf;
> >>         include /etc/nginx/expires.conf;
> >>
> >>         location / {
> >>                 try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php?q=$uri;
> >>
> >>         location ~ \.php$ {
> >>                 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:11000;
> >>         }
> >>         }
> >> }
> >>
> >> A nit bit-picky but I don't see the need for the restriction, unless
> >> the code is very difficult for it.
> >
> > Actually, I have decided from the very start that each server {} should
> > have "location / {}" and it was surprise for me when people started to
> > use configurations as in the 1st example. There are even some bugfixes
> > related to this since I did not expect such usage.
> >
> > I will think if try_files in server{} is possible. You may try the attached
> > patch, it just enable try_files in server context (warning, I did not test it).
> >
> >
> > --
> > Igor Sysoev
> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >

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