I have the following folders:
/web/domain1/
/web/domain2/
/web/shared/
I want domain1 and domain2 to share static files from /web/shared/ but I am having trouble creating the mapping in nginx.
domain1: /assets/ mapped to /web/shared/
domain2: /admin/assets/ mapped to /web/shared/
server{
server_name domain1;
root /web/domain1/;
location / {
rewrite /assets/(.*) /web/shared/$1;
}
}
This gives me 404 error.
Define a location for URIs that begin with /assets/ (see this document for details). Use the alias directive, as the root directive cannot be used in this case (see this document for details).
For example:
location /assets/ {
alias /web/shared/;
}
This works
location /assets/(.*) {
alias /web/shared/$1;
}
Related
I have configured nginx to serve static page as below.
location /home {
alias /home/username/files/home;
try_files $uri /home/index.html;
}
Only index.html loads on http://example.com/home. All other css, js and image files are getting 404 as request is still going for http://example.com/css/style.css instead of http://example.com/home/css/style.css. Is there any way I can configure /home prefix to all the static file without manually adding to all static files?
You can try to use variable root depending on HTTP Referer header (although it is a dirty hack):
map $http_referer $root {
~example\.com/home/ /home/username/files/home;
default <your default root here>;
}
server {
...
root $root;
location /home {
root /home/username/files;
try_files $uri /home/index.html;
}
}
Note that if any of your web pages under /home/ have a links to the main site, those links won't work correctly because of example.com/home/... HTTP Referer header value.
Why root /home/username/files; instead of alias /home/username/files/home;, you ask? Because as nginx documentation states:
When location matches the last part of the directive’s value:
location /images/ {
alias /data/w3/images/;
}
it is better to use the root directive instead:
location /images/ {
root /data/w3;
}
I want to archive that serving variable html file through different uri, below is my config.
server {
listen 8888;
server_name localhost;
location / {
root html/test
index foo.html
}
location /another {
root html/test
index bar.html
}
}
I want request for localhost:8888/another then response bar.html which present in my test directory, but I'm failed :(
how could I fix above config, thanks for your time.
The filename is constructed from the value of the root directive and the URI. So in this case:
location /another {
root html/test;
index bar.html;
}
The URI /another/bar.html will be located at html/test/another/bar.html.
If you want the value of the location directive to be deleted from the URI first, use the alias directive.
location /another {
alias html/test;
index bar.html;
}
The URI /another/bar.html will be located at html/test/bar.html.
See this document for details.
Is there a way I can add a rewrite which will dynamically set the location/path of the file?
The following is from the nginx config:
server {
root /media;
server_name media.domain.com;
location / {
autoindex off;
}
I have images with names like "e9m7L4_1.jpg" that are stored in a directory according to the first 6 letters/numbers of the filename, for example:
e9m7L4_1.jpg (stored in)-> e/9/m/7/L/4/e9m7L4_1.jpg
km40lj_1.jpg (stored in)-> k/m/4/0/l/j/km40lj_1.jpg
Currently I can access it like this:
http://media.domain.com/e/9/m/7/L/4/e9m7L4_1.jpg
Is there a way to rewrite the location using filename passed to nginx so it could be accessed like this, without the long directory path/prefix:
http://media.domain.com/e9m7L4_1.jpg
Thanks
You could try this:
server {
server_name media.domain.com;
root /media;
location / {
rewrite ^/((.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.).+)$ /$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$1 break;
}
}
This is my nginx vhost conf:
upstream demo {
server 127.0.0.1:9002 max_fails=250 fail_timeout=180s;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name _;
root /home/web/public;
location /demo/ {
proxy_pass http://demo/;
}
location /demo/assets/ {
#this is where I need to point localhost/demo/assets (and all of it's subfolders) to another folder
#the line below obviously doesn't work
root /home/user/Workspaces/demo/public;
}
}
The root folder is pointing to /home/web/public, but I need the url localhost/demo/assets/ and all of it's subfolders to go to another (external) folder. How do I do that?
I'm running nginx 1.4.3
You should use the alias directive, as well as read the docs. Just a quote from it:
A path to the file is constructed by merely adding a URI to the value of the root directive. If a URI has to be modified, the alias directive should be used.
Example:
location /demo/assets/ {
alias /home/user/Workspaces/demo/public/;
}
How do you call get a file that outside of the root to the be processed. i was reading about the alias and couldnt get it working. so ive tried adding a new root within the location no luck.
this is a cutdown of my config file
server {
listen 443;
server_name domain.com;
---
root ../var/www/domain/public_html;
# works as being called form within the root
location /login {
rewrite ^/login /account/login permanent;
}
#need to
location /validation/code.png {
root /var/www/domain/include;
rewrite ^/validation/code.png /captcha/display_captcha.php;
}
}
You are rewriting the png file to a php file. This will create a sub request for /captcha/display_captcha.php. Is there a location for php in your config? Assuming the php location uses the general root, when the sub request hits this, /captcha/display_captcha.php will not be found an you will get a 404 error.
Your best bet is to copy the php location and create a php location specifically for the php file.
server {
listen 443;
server_name domain.com;
root /var/www/domain/public_html;
...
location = /validation/code.png {
rewrite ^/validation/code.png /captcha/display_captcha.php;
}
location ~ ^/captcha/display_captcha.php {
root /var/www/domain/include
...
# copy php processing code from normal php location.
}
}
Better still, just use '/captcha/display_captcha.php' directly in your html and drop '/validation/code.png' altogether.