lots of work in a location block...

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Wednesday 18 June 2014 12:15:29 Steve Holdoway wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to integrate a python backend into a pre-existing php
> website, and am having problems doing this as I need to rewrite the url
> at the same time... eg: this is what isn't working.
> 
> 	location = /example {

The only request, that will be handled by your location with "=" modifier
is "/example", even "/example/" isn't fit.

> 		rewrite /example/(.*) /$1 break;
> 
> 		root /www/example;
> 		
> 		include proxy_params;
> 		proxy_pass http://python;
> 
> 		#break;
> 	}
> ( stripped to bare essentials )
> 
> So it's
>  - strip off the /example prefix
>  - set the new root ( the php site sets is outside any location block )
>  - pass stripped request to the python backend.
[..]

Please note, that the "root" directive is almost meaningless in location
with "proxy_pass".

And you don't need "rewrite".

Something like that should work:

  location /example/ {
      include proxy_params;
      proxy_pass http://python/;
  }

Please also check the docs:

http://nginx.org/r/proxy_pass
http://nginx.org/r/location

  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev