Alias in Nginx Config

[APseudoUtopia]

2009/7/31 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 05:09:08PM -0400, APseudoUtopia wrote:
>
>> 2009/7/29 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
>> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 04:47:26PM -0400, APseudoUtopia wrote:
>> >
>> >> 2009/7/26 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
>> >> > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 02:07:28PM -0400, APseudoUtopia wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hey list,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> How does one create an alias in nginx? Here's my setup:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My web-root is /usr/local/www/main. It's a copy of a SVN repo, so I
>> >> >> cannot manually add any folders in there.
>> >> >> I want to make an alias from domain.com/wiki to /usr/local/www/wiki.
>> >> >> I've tried the following code:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> location = /wiki {
>> >> >> alias /usr/local/www/wiki;
>> >> >> }
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But this isn't working. nginx is returning a "404" error. Here's the
>> >> >> whole config for the server block:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> server {
>> >> >>     set $web_root /usr/local/www/main;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     listen x.x.x.x:443 default accept_filter=httpready;
>> >> >>     server_name domain.tld;
>> >> >>     access_log /var/log/httpd/nginx.access.ssl.log main buffer=4k;
>> >> >>     root $web_root;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     # www redirect
>> >> >>     if ($host ~* www\.(.*)) {
>> >> >>         rewrite ^(.*)$ https://domain.tld$1 permanent;
>> >> >>     }
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     ssl on;
>> >> >>     ssl_certificate /usr/local/etc/nginx/ssl.crt;
>> >> >>     ssl_certificate_key /usr/local/etc/nginx/ssl.key;
>> >> >>     ssl_ciphers -ALL:!ADH:!NULL:!aNULL:!eNULL:HIGH;
>> >> >>     ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
>> >> >>     ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
>> >> >>     ssl_verify_client off;
>> >> >>     ssl_verify_depth 1;
>> >> >>     ssl_session_cache shared:NGXSSL:1m;
>> >> >>     ssl_session_timeout 5m;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     # Wiki
>> >> >>     location = /wiki/ {
>> >> >>         alias /usr/local/www/skittles_wiki/;
>> >> >>     }
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     location ~ .*\.php$ {
>> >> >>         try_files $uri /404.html;
>> >> >>         fastcgi_index index.php;
>> >> >>         fastcgi_ignore_client_abort off;
>> >> >>         fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
>> >> >>         fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
>> >> >>         fastcgi_read_timeout 10; # sec to wait for php-cgi to return data
>> >> >>         fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $web_root$fastcgi_script_name;
>> >> >>         include /usr/local/etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
>> >> >>     }
>> >> >> }
>> >> >
>> >> > Frist, this
>> >> >
>> >> >     # www redirect
>> >> >     if ($host ~* www\.(.*)) {
>> >> >         rewrite ^(.*)$ https://domain.tld$1 permanent;
>> >> >     }
>> >> >
>> >> > should be written as separate server:
>> >> >
>> >> > server {
>> >> >     server_name www.domain.tld;
>> >> >
>> >> >     rewrite ^(.*)$ https://domain.tld$1 permanent;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > Second, "set" in
>> >> >
>> >> >     set $web_root /usr/local/www/main;
>> >> >     ...
>> >> >     root $web_root;
>> >> >     ...
>> >> >         fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $web_root$fastcgi_script_name;
>> >> >
>> >> > is just waste of CPU cycles and should be changed to
>> >> >
>> >> >     root /usr/local/www/main;
>> >> >     ...
>> >> >         fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
>> >> >
>> >> > As to wiki, you need to omit "=":
>> >> >
>> >> >     location /wiki/ {
>> >> >         alias /usr/local/www/skittles_wiki/;
>> >> >     }
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Igor Sysoev
>> >> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the quick reply Igor. However, the changes don't seem to
>> >> make any difference; I'm still getting the 404 error. After playing
>> >> around with my configuration, it seems to be related to the try_files
>> >> inside the "location ~ .*\.php$" block. Do you (or anyone else) know
>> >> of a way I can solve this? It's a big confusing.
>> >
>> > What is in error_log ?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Igor Sysoev
>> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
>> >
>> >
>>
>> This is in the error log:
>>
>> 2009/07/30 21:07:18 [error] 85246#0: *3 open()
>> "/usr/local/www/main/404.html" failed (2: No such file or directory),
>> client: x.x.x.119, server: domain.tld, request: "GET /wiki/ HTTP/1.1",
>> host: "domain.tld"
>> 2009/07/30 21:07:18 [error] 85246#0: *3 open()
>> "/usr/local/www/main/404.html" failed (2: No such file or directory),
>> client: x.x.x.119, server: domain.tld, request: "GET /wiki/ HTTP/1.1",
>> host: "domain.tld"
>>
>> This also leads me to believe that it has to do with try_files somehow.
>
> Could you show full current configuration ?
>
> Also, where should reside the files /wiki/*.php and /*.php at ?
>
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>
>

The full configuration is at:
http://somerandomguys.info/nginx.conf

The main site files are in /usr/local/www/site_main/ and the wiki
files are in /usr/local/www/site_wiki/.

I want https://domain.tld/ to go to the main site files, and
https://domain.tld/wiki/ to go to the wiki files.

Thank you very much for your time with this.