Please help with proxy_pass and trailing slash!

[Roddick]

Valentin V. Bartenev Wrote:
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> >      location / {
> >               # First attempt to serve request
> as file, then
> >                 # as directory, then fall back
> to index.html
> >                 try_files $uri $uri/
> /index.php?$args;
> >         }
> 
> Just a side note, you don't need explicit set
> $args here.
> 
>     try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
> 
> 
> >    location ~ index.php$ {
> > 
> >         try_files $uri =404;
> > 
> >         include fastcgi_params;
> >         fastcgi_index index.php;
> >         fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME
> > $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
> >         fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
> >    }
> > }
> > 
> > with this configuration, Java server receives
> requests like "GET /app/"
> > while it should receive "GET /"
> > 
> > If I add trailing slash to proxy_pass:
> > 
> > proxy_pass  http://localhost:9001/;
> > 
> > Then java server receives "GET //"  and unable
> to serve that either.
> > 
> > Do I need to involve rewrite here ? And how? or
> extra trailing slash is
> > caused by other rewrite rules somehow?
> > 
> 
> Documentation already has answers to your
> questions:
> http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_modul
> e.html#proxy_pass
> 
> E.g., in your case:
> 
>     location /app/  {
>         ...
>         proxy_pass  http://localhost:9001/;
>     }
> 
>  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev
> 

Thanks Valentin.

I get it now! I had 
location /app {

and it should be 
location /app/ {

with trailing slash. Weird that it's sensitive for that slash there.

Thanks.

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,223839,223859#msg-223859