nginx change root folder for specific url

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I have a configuration file like this one below:

 server { listen 80; server_name localhost; #charset utf-8; root html/laravel/public; index index.html index.php; #browse folders if no index file autoindex on; # enforce NO www if ($host ~* ^www\.(.*)) { set $host_without_www $1; rewrite ^/(.*)$ $scheme://$host_without_www/$1 permanent; } # serve static files directly location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ { access_log off; #expires max; } # removes trailing slashes (prevents SEO duplicate content issues) if (!-d $request_filename) { rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent; } # canonicalize codeigniter url end points # if your default controller is something other than "welcome" you should change the following # if ($request_uri ~* ^(/lobby(/index)?|/index(.php)?)/?$) # { # rewrite ^(.*)$ / permanent; # } # removes trailing "index" from all controllers if ($request_uri ~* index/?$) { rewrite ^/(.*)/index/?$ /$1 permanent; } # unless the request is for a valid file (image, js, css, etc.), send to bootstrap if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 last; break; } # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html # error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root html; } location /backend/ { root /html/frontend; } location ~ \.php$ { include fastcgi.conf; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi_index index.php; include fastcgi_params; } location ~ /\.ht { deny all; } # catch all # error_page 404 /index.php; # location ~ \.php$ { # try_files $uri =404; # fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php.socket; # fastcgi_index index.php; # #include fastcgi_params; # include /home/tamer/code/nginx/fastcgi_params; # } # access_log /home/tamer/code/laravel/storage/logs.access.log; # error_log /home/tamer/code/laravel/storage/logs.error.log; }

I have to change root folder to html/backend for any url with $host/backend/. All rules for load pages have to be the same, only root folder have to change.

How can I do that?

xsilen T · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-27 09:07:34Z

server { location / { root /data/www; } location /images/ { root /data; rewrite ^/images/(.+?)$ $1 break; #following is the explation } }

use break to continue; the root in location will take effect
use last to internal simulate request; the root in location maybe will not take effect
use permanent to 301 redirect;
use redirect to 302 redirect;

Mohammad AbuShady · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 12:54:31Z

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adding 127.0.0.1 to server_name to be able to use the link you provided in the comment 127.0.0.1

server_name localhost 127.0.0.1;

also you still need to have the backend location with root inside it.

location /backend/ { root /html/backend; }

edited Jun 27, 2013 at 12:54

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 8:39

Mohammad AbuShady

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kabra Over a year ago

No it is not like that. It was just a test. It doesn't work. When i open 127.0.0.1/backend still open root /html/laravel/public. This block doesn't change anything.

Mohammad AbuShady Over a year ago

Does it work with localhost/backend ? , if it does you need to add 127.0.0.1 to the server_name, I edited my answer.

Randy Lam · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-20 02:35:21Z

I'll take a wild guess here:

location /backend/ { root /html/backend; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?_url=$uri&$args; }

This means: all requests to .../backend/* will be redirected to the location block of php followed after:

location ~ \.php${ ... }

and php will handle those requests as backend scripts

pevinkinel · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-25 11:20:33Z

Nginx Beginner's Guide has this example:

server { location / { root /data/www; } location /images/ { root /data; } }

So in theory this should work for you:

server { listen 80; server_name localhost; location / { root html/laravel/public; } location /backend/ { root html/backend; } # common config goes here }

Unicorn · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-09 12:36:13Z

If I understood the question correctly you can use alias to change just the OS search path for a specific location:

Defines a replacement for the specified location. For example, with the following configuration on request of “/i/top.gif”, the file /data/w3/images/top.gif will be sent.

location /i/ { alias /data/w3/images/; }

Mansoor Kayani · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-10 06:53:53Z

You need to define new location and use alias instead of root or else the behaviour would be funky. Also you need to define location for .php to use $request_filename.

location /backend { alias /html/backend; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args; location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; } }

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