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Setup SEO Full Friendly URLs on nginx

mlx

mlx

Well-known member
It's actually really really simple.

Considering you have uploaded XenForo into the directory "community", just add this to your nginx config:
Code: 
        location /community/ {
            index  index.php index.html index.htm;
            try_files  $uri $uri/ /community/index.php?$uri&$args;
        }

While you are at it you might also want to add this to block external access to the folders "internal_data" and "library".
Code: 
        location ~ ^/community/(internal_data|library)/(.*)$ {
            internal;
        }

Restart nginx and enable Full Friendly URLs.
 
Jesepi

Jesepi

Well-known member
Wow, nice to know.

Question though. Right now here is how I do my URLs with drupal in nginx (drupal is installed in the "root" of my site):

Code: 
location / {
	root  /home/username/www;
        index index.html index.htm index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;

}

location @drupal {
rewrite ^/(.*)$  /index.php?q=$1 last;
}

Which works fine, but if I try to add this:


Code: 
location ~ /xf/ {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}



I get an inaccessible XenForo. No errors or anything in the server logs. It just gives me a "blank" drupal page. I'm guessing there is a conflict I'm not seeing?
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
Sir nick said:
Please explain as i use if a lot
Click to expand...

The If block forces nginx to test the statement over and over even if the statement is true, it will keep testing which makes the response a lot slower.
Try_files it will stop the test and proceed as soon as the statement is true ---> a peppy response :D
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
Code: 
location / {
	root  /home/username/www;
        index index.html index.htm index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;

}

location @drupal {
rewrite ^/(.*)$  /index.php?q=$1 last;
}

Which works fine, but if I try to add this:


Code: 
[COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]location ~ /xf/ {[/COLOR]
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}


[/quote]

Is that your xf installation ? you need to put it in a location outside of the / location
 
Jesepi

Jesepi

Well-known member
yes, the 'xf' directory is inside my root folder. I thought location rules in nginx went for the most specific available rule? So something like

location / { }
location /pets { }
location /pets/cat { }

if you were accessing /pets/cat the previous 2 would be disregarded?
 
Sir nick

Sir nick

Well-known member
Nizar Meddeb said:
The If block forces nginx to test the statement over and over even if the statement is true, it will keep testing which makes the response a lot slower.
Try_files it will stop the test and proceed as soon as the statement is true ---> a peppy response :D
Click to expand...

K thanks, cause my nginx box uses if's a lot.
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
Jesepi said:
yes, the 'xf' directory is inside my root folder. I thought location rules in nginx went for the most specific available rule? So something like

location / { }
location /pets { }
location /pets/cat { }

if you were accessing /pets/cat the previous 2 would be disregarded?
Click to expand...
Yes it will go to the most specific folder.

But your root document in this case doesn't reside in xf folder

Let me see your whole config. PM if you want privacy
 
Jesepi

Jesepi

Well-known member
I'd rather keep it public in case anyone else has the problem and searches for it, so I just changed the names used.

Code: 
## move the www people to no-www
server {
    listen   80;
    server_name  www.mydomain.net;
    rewrite ^/(.*) http://mydomain.net/$1 permanent;

}
###########
server {
    listen  80;
    server_name mydomain.net;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/mydomain.access.log;


location / {
	root   /home/mydomain/www;
        index index.html index.htm index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;

}

location @drupal {
rewrite ^/(.*)$  /index.php?q=$1 last;
}

location /xf/ {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

## what do we do with php files
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        include fastcgi_config;
    }

## Disable viewing .htaccess & .htpassword
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny  all;
    }
}
upstream backend {
        server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
Ok your nginx is in an infinite loop.

Give me few minutes. I'm looking up documentation.
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
OK

try this
Code: 
server {
    listen   80;
    server_name  www.mydomain.net;
    rewrite ^/(.*) http://mydomain.net/$1 permanent;

       }

server {
    listen  80;
    server_name mydomain.net;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/mydomain.access.log;


location / {
	root   /home/mydomain/www;
        index index.html index.htm index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;
        fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root;
        include       fastcgi_params;

	   }




location /xf/ {
          try_files $uri $uri/ /xf/index.php;
              }

location ~ ^/xf/.+\.php$ {
fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/xf/index.php
include       fastcgi_params;
                         }



	}
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
If this works for you, let me know so we can clean it up.
It's messy this way... but we will clean it up ;)

a
 
Jesepi

Jesepi

Well-known member
No, that didn't work at all. Everything was returning a "no input file specified" error. One thing I forgot about until just now are two included files in this config.

The part:

Code: 
##what do we do with php files
    location ~ \.php$ {
    include fastcgi_params;
	include fastcgi_config;
    }

loads up the two following files:

fastcgi_params
Code: 
fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;

fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_URI        $request_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_URI       $document_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      $document_root;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PROTOCOL    $server_protocol;

fastcgi_param  GATEWAY_INTERFACE  CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;

fastcgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param  REMOTE_PORT        $remote_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_ADDR        $server_addr;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;

# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param  REDIRECT_STATUS    200;

fastcgi_config
Code: 
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
        fastcgi_pass   backend;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /home/mydomain/www$fastcgi_script_name;
#       fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING     $query_string;
        fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD   $request_method;
        fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE     $content_type;
        fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH   $content_length;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors        on;
        fastcgi_ignore_client_abort     off;
        fastcgi_connect_timeout 60;
        fastcgi_send_timeout 180;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 180;
        fastcgi_buffer_size 128k;
        fastcgi_buffers 4 256k;
        fastcgi_busy_buffers_size 256k;
        fastcgi_temp_file_write_size 256k;

Something that stands out is the

Code: 
 fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /home/mydomain/www$fastcgi_script_name;

and I am wondering if this is what is giving me problems. I've tried switching it with the commented line below it but I just get blank pages with no errors. That might actually be the key issue, yet I'm not knowledgeable enough with nginx to understand how to re-configure it.

So as of the moment, I can do the following:
  • Access the "front" portion of the site, which is drupal and all it's SEO-friendly urls like mydomain.net/videos, mydomain.net/great-news-article, and mydomain.net/gallery/picture2
  • Access a vbulletin install in a subdirectory, /forums
  • Access the landing page for the XenForo install, clicking on any link that uses the forum software takes me to a blank drupal page. Unchecking "Use Full Friendly URLs" in Xenforo lets me use the software without issue.
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
Yes I was assuming you don't have a FastCGI config file because you have that one line.

In any case ... ad this to your working config file

location /xf/ { try_files $uri $uri/ /xf/index.php; }

Note that nginx is looping because your root directory is where your drupal is installed, so when specifying xF condition you have to set the root directory for xF to work

So ad a new location block for xF to your working config file :


location /xf/ { try_files $uri $uri/ /xf/index.php; }
includes your/path/to/your/customFastCGI/script/fastcgi_config

Make sure nginx knows where you FastCGI configuration file is located. for example:
/etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi_custom ...etc...
Let me know
 
Floren

Floren

Well-known member
Jesepi said:
Could you explain why it is bad? I'd like to know!
Click to expand...
http://wiki.nginx.org/IfIsEvil

Notice the name. :)

The proper rewrite rules for Xen are:
Code: 
location /xen/ {
	try_files			$uri $uri/ /xen/index.php?$uri&$args;
}

location /xen/data/ {
	allow				127.0.0.1;
	deny				all;
}

location /xen/internal_data/ {
	allow				127.0.0.1;
	deny				all;
}

location /xen/library/ {
	allow				127.0.0.1;
	deny				all;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
	fastcgi_index			index.php;
	fastcgi_pass			127.0.0.1:9000;
	include				fastcgi.conf;
	fastcgi_intercept_errors	on;
	fastcgi_ignore_client_abort	on;
}
 
Blandt

Blandt

Well-known member
location /xen/ { try_files $uri $uri/ /xen/index.php?$uri&$args; }

not necessary but if it works ...
 
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