nginx sub-folder with separated root

Question

I have a little problem. I have a wordpress installation in

/var/www/xyz/wordpress

and now I want to have a piwik installation in the path

/var/www/xyz/piwik

My current nginx configuration looks like this:

server {

    ...

    root /var/www/xyz/wordpress;
    index index.html index.php;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$request_uri;
    }

    location /piwik/ {
            root /var/www/xyz/piwik;
    }

    location ~ ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)?$ {
            try_files $1 =404;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Unfortunately, it does not work. Any ideas / tips to configure nginx?

You have wrong `root`. It should be `root /var/www/xyz/;`. `piwik` will be added automatically. — Alexey Ten, Jan 24 '15 at 14:46
I'm not sure if you have understand it. `/` should point to `/var/www/xyz/wordpress` and `/piwik` to `/var/www/xyz/piwik`. If I change the root to `/var/www/xyz`, `/` points no longer to `/var/www/xyz/wordpress`. — user3641396, Jan 24 '15 at 15:03
Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I get a 404 error. And there is no entry in the error.log about it. — user3641396, Jan 24 '15 at 16:10
It was my fault, it's working now. But now on, I had to specify the fastcgi php "handler" again. Is there a better solution instead of having the php part twice? — user3641396, Jan 25 '15 at 12:41

Tero Kilkanen · Answer 1 · 2017-01-09T09:59:44.373

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This is a common misunderstanding in nginx configuration.

Try this:

location /piwik/ {
    alias /var/www/xyz/piwik/;
}

edited Jan 09 '17 at 09:59

answered Jan 25 '15 at 00:08

Tero Kilkanen

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Nop, this does not work. But now with `root` as directive, it works. – user3641396 Jan 25 '15 at 12:40
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For anyone else who stumbles upon this answer, the problem with this answer is that when using the `alias` directive, you also need to have the trailing slash in the aliased location, if your location regex contains the trailing slash. – Irvin Lim Jan 08 '17 at 22:12

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