NGINX configuration - multiple sites under same root path

ikoonman

Hi

I've been trying to configure NGINX for a REST app under the same root (and hostname), but I cannot seem to get it working.

Assuming the root path is "/var/www/sandbox", the REST application (SLIM, PHP, index.php) would live in "/var/www/sandbox/api", whereas the WWW app (HTML, index.html) would live in "/var/www/sandbox/www".

In the past, I would have either had 2 subdomains (for example www.sandbox.local and api.sandbox.local) or simply have the API folder within the WWW folder. I am keeping them separate for various reasons, but accessing them through one subdomain (www.sandbox.local), so I have tried 2 variations:

Having a single ROOT, and an alias directive inside API location:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  sandbox.local;

	index	index.html;
 
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/sandbox-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/sandbox-error.log;

    root /var/www/sandbox/www;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location /api {
        include   /etc/nginx/php/php-fpm;
        alias /var/www/sandbox/api;
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }
}

Specifying the roots inside each respective location block:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  sandbox.local;

	index	index.html;
 
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/sandbox-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/sandbox-error.log;

    location / {
        root /var/www/sandbox/www;
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location /api {
        include   /etc/nginx/php/php-fpm;
        root /var/www/sandbox/api;
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }
}

Neither seems to work. I have done a few more straight forward configs with NGINX, and wouldn't consider myself an expert.

Any help would be appreciated

sock.rocker*

I'm not great at nginx but this link has some good info.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10631933/nginx-static-file-serving-confusion-with-root-alias

Check the top answer and its comments. It says the trailing slash for alias is necessary.

And make sure you're restarting nginx after every change. I made that mistake before.