Nginx yii2 configuration - nginx

Question

Hi there!
I'am trying to configure Nginx for 2 yii projects, frontend for users and admin for admins with only one domain (no sub domain). I need to configure it in a way such that mydomain.com should refer to frontend and mydomain.com/admin to admin. The problem is I'am being able to configure only one of them at a time, meaning I can use frontend or admin not both of them.
What I have tried
front.conf
server {
listen 80;
server_name api.maim.experiments.uz;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
charset utf-8;
client_max_body_size 128M;
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate_key privkey.pem;
ssl_certificate fullchain.pem;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
set $host_path "/home/itschool/inha_dev/frontend";
server_name api.maim.experiments.uz;
root $host_path/web;
set $yii_bootstrap "index.php";
access_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-error.log;
location / {
index index.html $yii_bootstrap;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}
location ~ ^/(protected|framework|themes/\w+/views) {
deny all;
}
location ~ \.(js|css|png|jpg|gif|swf|ico|pdf|mov|fla|zip|rar)$ {
try_files $uri =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
set $fsn /index.php;
if (-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name){
set $fsn $fastcgi_script_name;
}
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9002;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fsn;
}
location ~ /\.(ht|svn|git) {
deny all;
}
location ~* /\. {
deny all;
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
}
}
back.conf
server {
listen 80;
server_name api.maim.experiments.uz;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
charset utf-8;
client_max_body_size 128M;
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate_key privkey.pem;
ssl_certificate fullchain.pem;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
set $host_path "/home/itschool/inha_dev/backend";
server_name api.maim.experiments.uz;
root $host_path/web;
set $yii_bootstrap "index.php";
access_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-error.log;
location ^~ /admin {
alias /home/itschool/inha_dev/backend/web;
if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^ /admin/index.php last; }
location ~ \.php$ {
if (!-f $request_filename) { return 404; }
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9002;
}
}
location ~ /\.(ht|svn|git) {
deny all;
}
location ~* /\. {
deny all;
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
}
}
I found some questions with answers but they didn't work for me, please help.

Answer 1

I have recently use similar configuration to support web application / mobile application and admin panel on single domain
I hope this could help you out. Below is the configuration
server {
listen 80;
set $root /var/www/html/application;
#here we go
#if backend not found in url then set root url
if ($uri !~ "^(.*)/(backend)(.*)") {
set $root /var/www/html/application/frontend/web;
}
# when request is coming from mobile then display mobile site
# you don't need this one, I just written in order to explain the mobile application navigation.
if ($http_user_agent ~* "android|blackberry|googlebot-mobile|iemobile|ipad|iphone|ipod|opera mobile|palmos|webos") {
set $root /var/www/html/application/mobile/web;
}
root $root;
index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name your_domain;
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}
location / {
index index.html index.php;
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/(.*) /index.php?r=$1 last;
}
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Also have a look in official document of Yii2 to setup yii2-app-advanced on single domain (Apache, Nginx).
CLICK HERE
One more thing that you need to know is if you want to change backend/web to admin then you also have to made some changes in Yii2 application.

Answer 2

One domain will lead all requests to one IP (server). Nginx will use the first server block matching server_name https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/request_processing.html so you need to put all configuration on one file and use location to separate them.
You can move location ^~ /admin at the beginning of the front.conf locations and play with roots;
Or you can create a proxying config file that will contain just a little.
Something like that
location /admin {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8001;
}
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8002;
}
Using the latter one you should change front & back configs to listen to other ports. Also, an SSL certificate was given for a domain, not URL. So you can use it only in the proxying config.

Answer 3

If you follow some of the key instructions from option 1 of Yii2 Single Domain Apache and Nginx you should be able to accomplish what you want.
Per the referenced link, Option 1:
Assuming Linux OS
cd /path/to/project/frontend/web
ln -s ../../backend/web backend
and set your nginx file
server {
charset utf-8;
client_max_body_size 128M;
listen 80; ## listen for ipv4
#listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6
server_name api.maim.experiments.uz;
root /home/itschool/inha_dev/frontend/web;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/itschool-error.log;
location / {
# Redirect everything that isn't a real file to index.php
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
# uncomment to avoid processing of calls to non-existing static files by Yii
#location ~ \.(js|css|png|jpg|gif|swf|ico|pdf|mov|fla|zip|rar)$ {
# try_files $uri =404;
#}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# deny accessing php files for the /assets directory
location ~ ^/assets/.*\.php$ {
deny all;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
#fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
try_files $uri =404;
}
location ~* /\. {
deny all;
}
}
Not: See below link for the Option-2, if the above does not work:
Yii2 Single Domain Apache and Nginx