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I have been trying to configure multiple webapp on my nginx webserver but I can't get working one Laravel app that requires $document_root set to laravel public folder. I am currently trying to configure it using alias directive but for an obscure reason this doesn't work. Here is what I am trying to do.

# Default server configuration # server { listen 80; # SSL configuration # listen 443 ssl; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/server.key; set $root_path '/var/www/html'; root $root_path; # Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html index.php; server_name localhost; location /paperwork { alias /var/www/html/paperwork/frontend/public; try_files $uri $uri/; #location ~ \.php { # fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$; # fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock; # include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; # #fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/html$fastcgi_script_name; # #fastcgi_intercept_errors on; #} } #location @paperwork { # rewrite /paperwork/(.*)$ /paperwork/index.php/$1 last; #} location / { } location /wallabag { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; } location /laverna { try_files $uri/ /index.php; } # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000 # location ~ \.php$ { # With php5-cgi alone: #fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; # With php5-fpm: fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; #try_files $uri $uri/ =404; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; } # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root # concurs with nginx's one location ~ /\.ht { deny all; } }

To test my "alias" config I put a 'test.php' files in /var/www/html/paperwork/frontend/public/test.php and tried to access it via https://IP/paperwork/test.php. I get a 404 error and nothing in nginx error log. If I try https://IP/paperwork/frontend/public/test.php in browser it displays the test.php file without errors. Nothing change if I uncomment try_files line in php location.

If I copy test.php to /var/www/html/paperwork/test2.php and access to https://IP/paperwork/test2.php the file is displayed without errors so I can see here that alias is not working as there is not a test2.php in paperwork public directory.

I can have a different behaviour if I uncomment php location inside paperwork location. With this, requests like https://IP/paperwork/test.php do not display a 404 but a blank screen.

I have been through a lot of forums / questions related to this but I couldn't get a working config for a simple task like displaying test.php...

Thanks !

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I found the solution. It seems that a wrong request was sent for php files. When alias is used it is recommend to use $request_filename instead of $fastcgi_script_name.

Here is my location block :

location /paperwork { alias /var/www/html/paperwork/frontend/public; #try_files $uri $uri/; location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock; include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; #fastcgi_intercept_errors on; } }

This solved my problem for my 'test.php' file which is now executed while reaching https://IP/paperwork/test.php. So alias is working and php is well executed. I still have a problem when trying to reach 'index.php' (which is my laravel app index). File is found but instead of executing it is downloaded. So when I reach https://IP/paperwork/index.php I get a login file downloaded which is index.php file. I get same behaviour if I try /paperwork/index.php/login or /paperwork/login.

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Yes! thank you. The key was using $request_filename. Every other example had fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name but that didn't work.
I am having the same issue and not able to to execute the index.php file. I also tried setting up index index.php in my location but no luck.
directive alias /some/path; + fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; needs directive index index.php;at a location level to work with index.php also
There doesn't seem to be a way to make this (or anything else) work with index files. Adding index index.php; will just download the file.
OK, important note: file downloads are cached! Adding index index.php; to the /paperwork location does work. But you need to clear the cache or index.php will not get executed and will be downloaded instead.
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try this:

location /api/ { index index.php index.html index.htm; alias /app/www/; location ~* "\.php$" { try_files $uri =404; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; } }

https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/

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