Nginx Configuration Example

[Peter]

I could not find an Nginx configuration example so I used the following.

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  mecha.local;
    access_log  /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/access.log;
    error_log /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/error.log;
    root /home/peter/example/mecha/public_html;
    index  index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
    }
    
    # Include PHP 7 config.
    include /home/example/web/nginx.php7.conf;
    
    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_=$1? last;
    }

}

[Taufik Nurrohman]

You may need to include the query string as well?

/index.php?_=$1&$args

[Peter]

Adding the two subdirectory excludes. Removed ? from rewrite to automatically append the query.

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  mecha.local;
    access_log  /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/access.log;
    error_log /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/error.log;
    root /home/peter/example/mecha/public_html;
    index  index.php;
    
    location ^~ /engine {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }
    location ^~ /lot {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }
    
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
    }
    
    # Include PHP 7 config.
    include /home/example/web/nginx.php7.conf;
    
    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_=$1 last;
    }

}

[Taufik Nurrohman]

What will happen with the .\lot\asset, .\lot\layout\asset and .\lot\x\*\lot\asset folder then? They must be accessible in public.

[Peter]

I found the CSS problem and added two allows for it. The lot/x/*/lot/asset problem is an estimate as I did not find a test for it.

server {
    listen      80;
    server_name mecha.local;
    access_log  /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/access.log;
    error_log   /home/example/web/mecha/access-logs/error.log;
    root        /home/example/web/mecha/public_html;
    index index.php;
    
    location ^~ /engine {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }
    
    # The following allow has to be before lot deny.
    location ~  /lot/x/.*/lot/asset/ { allow all; }
    location ^~ /lot {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }
    location ^~ /lot/asset        { allow all; }
    location ^~ /lot/layout/asset { allow all; }
    
    location / { try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite; }
    
    # Include PHP 7 config.
    include /home/example/web/nginx.php7.conf;
    
    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_=$1 last;
    }
}

[Peter]

I am no longer working on a Mecha test site. The test site had no added extensions to test assets in subfolders of x. Any future requirements will have to be worked out by someone else.

[Taufik Nurrohman]

This gist should become the final result. I will try to keep it up-to-date.