Alias uses --prefix instead of server block's root - nginx

Question

I'm trying to set up a nginx server and alias my static files.
server {
# Listen on localhost:8000;
listen 8000;
# Should be the root
root /Users/rouvenherzog/Documents/projects/nd;
# host matches localhost
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
}
location /favicon.ico {
root /Users/rouvenherzog/Documents/projects/nd/n/n/static/img;
}
location ~ /([\w]+)/n/static/(.*) {
alias n/n/static/$2;
}
location ~ /([\w]+)/nb/static/(.*) {
alias nb/nb/static/$2;
}
}
When request static files, it looks for them in the nginx --prefix folder ( which is /usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.6.0_1 ), instead of the root folder.
For instance:
open() "/usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.6.0_1/n/n/static/neb/js/javascript.js" failed
(2: No such file or directory),
client: 127.0.0.1,
server: localhost,
request: "GET /pages/n/static/neb/js/javascript.js HTTP/1.1",
host: "localhost:8000",
referrer: "http://localhost:8000/pages/n/"
Any idea why ?
Thank you very much!
As #akawhy suggested, using a rewrite instead of alias works and respects the root path.
server {
# Listen on localhost:8000;
listen 8000;
# Should be the root
root /Users/rouvenherzog/Documents/projects/nd;
# host matches localhost
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
}
location /favicon.ico {
root /Users/rouvenherzog/Documents/projects/nd/n/n/static/img;
}
location ~ /([\w]+)/n/static/(.*) {
rewrite ^([\w]+)/n/static/(.*)$ /n/n/static/$2 break;
}
location ~ /([\w]+)/nb/static/(.*) {
rewrite ^([\w]+)/nb/static/(.*)$ /nb/nb/static/$2 break;
}
}

Answer 1

Because your alias directive used a relative path. I think you should use a absolute path instead.
You may check this nginx alias+location directive