Alias in Nginx Config

[Igor Sysoev]

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/