i got some problems with the trailing slash of the url´s.

eg: link is my-domain.tld/forum/lotto/ this works,
if users type …/lotto u´ll get this site doesnt exist on this webserver and the link in the browser shows my-domain.tld:8080/forum/lotto

no errors in nginx logs, only in apache2 logs, and the error says the following:
[error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] File does not exist: /etc/apache2/htdocs
[debug] mod_deflate.c(615): [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Zlib: Compressed 210 to 164 : URL /forum/lotto/

so how can i fix this problem? maybe you could help me pls?

thx in advice!

greetz Mike

Any idea how to keep my 301′s so that my site has a canonical element?

My detailed configs are here:
http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?11,182132

Instead the following lines simply detect the static files file extensions and only proxy pass onto apache for php scripts:

server { # simple reverse-proxy
listen 80;
server_name domain2.com http://www.domain2.com;
access_log logs/domain2.access.log main;
# serve static files
location ~ ^/(images|javascript|js|css|flash|media|static)/ {
root /var/www/htdocs;
expires 30d;
}

# pass requests for dynamic content to apache
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
include /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
}
}

NOTE: I make nginx and apache root and docroots point to the same file dir:

Of course, both approaches work, just preference really.

Great tutorial!

ps., memory footprint seems jump from 52MB to 115MB after this setup.

Make sure the director structure exists.

/etc/init.d/nginx restart
I get:
/var/www/subdomain.example.com/log/nginx.access.log” failed (2: No such file or directory)

What do I miss?
Thanks

you might have to enable the universe section of the official repository.

before you try to install any new packages. Your command is correct and as of Hardy has been in the Universe repository.

root@server84:/etc/apt# apt-get install nginx
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
E: Couldn’t find package nginx
root@server84:/etc/apt#

It says no ngnix, os is Ubuntu 9.04

How do i get ngnix working ?

Here is the thing, the two are directly related which is why I said it is important to have a static folder.

location /static {
root /var/www/example.com/htdocs/;
expires max;
}

These few lines tell Nginx that everything in the static folder it should handle by finding in the /var/www/example.com/htdocs/ folder. So anything coming into such as /static/css/style.css will be handled by Nginx because it is missing the proxy_pass command for this folder. Where as example.com/index.php will be passed to Apache.

This really works out well because if you only wanted Nginx to server your user uploaded images you would just have the location /wp-content/uploads/ command and apache would be passed everything else. I would definitely recommend having Nginx handle your css and js as we’ve seen great performance increases using this technique.

Overall it took me about 15-20 minutes to get setup and running.

A couple of clarifying questions would be helpful before jumping into the fray:

1. I’m not seeing any declarations of the types of static files that Nginx would handle in your examples unless it is the “application/octet-stream” or the fact that you are gzipping the static files and that is where they are declared.

2. You mention it a wise choice to organize static files together in structures like

“/static-folder/static-file.img-type”

Is this “required” for Nginx or simply “better”? And either way, does this imply that if Nginx is to serve those files, they have to be located there versus where a CMS might place them (for instance, WordPress placing uploaded images into the wp-content/uploads/ directory)?

Thanks again. Looking forward to your thoughts on the above.