nginx custom root for certain addresses

Question

I have installed nginx to my VPN. And I'm a very beginner with that so it might be a stupid mistake but I was unable to figure our or google it.

What I'm trying to do and keep failing in it is set the root folder for certain addresses. For example: mydomain.com/websiteone/ will have root folder in /var/www/websiteone/public/ and mydomain.com/websitetwo/ in /var/www/websitetwo/public/

Im using Laravel that why I need to do that.

Here is the confing and what I was attempting in different variations.

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www;

    index index.html index.php index.htm;

    location /websiteone/ {
        root /var/www/websiteone/public/;
        try_files $uri $uri/ 404;
    }

    location /websitetwo/ {
        root /var/www/websitetwo/public/;
        try_files $uri $uri/ 404;
    }
}

May be try `location ^~ /websiteone`. Also, what exactly is not working? Did you restart/reload nginx after the config changes? What do the `/var/log/nginx/access.log` & `/var/log/nginx/error.log` show? — Utsav Kesharwani, Jan 16 '20 at 12:00
`root` directive works by concatenating its value with the URI, so the URI `/websiteone/foo` will be located at `/var/www/websiteone/public/websiteone/foo`. You probably need to use `alias` instead. — Richard Smith, Jan 16 '20 at 13:02
@UtsavKesharwani yes I did restart nginx. And error log is empty. Its giving me 404 — Marek Barta, Jan 16 '20 at 13:03
@RichardSmith can you please point me to direction how it would look like. I'm beginner here — Marek Barta, Jan 16 '20 at 13:04
Try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42443468/nginx-location-configuration-subfolders/42467562#42467562 — Richard Smith, Jan 16 '20 at 13:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '20 at 21:18

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No need for alias or anything fancy as long as URL dir path matches to actual directory names of your two Laravel instances (see below).

Also, Laravel has a typical "front controller" URL pattern, which means URLs that do not exist should be bootstrapped through its index.php. So:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www;

    index index.html index.php index.htm;

    location /websiteone/ {
        root /var/www/websiteone/;
        try_files /public$uri /public$uri/ /public/index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location /websitetwo/ {
        root /var/www/websitetwo/;
        try_files /public$uri /public$uri/ /public/index.php$is_args$args;
    }
}

answered Jan 16 '20 at 21:18

Danila Vershinin

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Thank you! I made it work for index.html however it doesnt work for php. If its get to index.php it attemps to download something – Marek Barta Jan 17 '20 at 08:15
Well, you obviously need a`location ~ \.php$ { ...` specifying how you proxy requests to PHP-FPM. That would be different if you're using UNIX sockets vs TCP for it. The answer cannot accommodate complete NGINX config :) – Danila Vershinin Jan 17 '20 at 21:24
I added the ` location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock; } ` But no difference what so ever – Marek Barta Jan 22 '20 at 12:50
Could you please give me an example how it should look like I'm clueless here – Marek Barta Jan 22 '20 at 12:54

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