nginx rewrite virtual directory to file

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This should be really easy to do but I'm hitting my head on the wall. If I get a request for www.mysite.com/mypath I want to serve the content of www.mysite.com/myotherpath/thisfile.html. How can I do this with an nginx config.

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 20:00

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location = /mypath {
    try_files /myotherpath/thisfile.html =404;
}

answered Sep 10 '12 at 20:00

VBart

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This doesn't work if the target is a PHP file. – Michael Chourdakis Feb 10 '22 at 14:22
How would one make this work for a PHP file? – Jack Avante Feb 28 '23 at 15:02

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 10 '12 at 19:59

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Use rewrite directive within proper location block. So for example you have basic location which will handle all requests

location / {
    /*your rules here*/
}

You will need to add another block, which will do for you handling of specific path

location /mypath {
    rewrite ^/mypath$ /real/path/to/file/thisfile.html; 
}

Also for your server to think in that block that thisfile.html is default you can use try thisfile.html directive

It is all well explained on official page Official Nginx RewriteModule page

edited Sep 10 '12 at 19:59

VBart

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answered Sep 09 '12 at 19:03

Alexey Kamenskiy

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it's a bad way of doing things in nginx, please, see here: http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls – VBart Sep 10 '12 at 19:59
@VBart I did not find anything related to handling of specific URI on that page. – Alexey Kamenskiy Sep 11 '12 at 17:52

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