Change the root directory in nginx

Server NGINX
#1

Hi .
How can I change the root directory in nginx??
Now my root directory is /usr/share/nginx/html.
I want change it, like ~/web

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#2

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 05:08:29AM -0400, sayres wrote:

Hi there,

How can I change the root directory in nginx??
Now my root directory is /usr/share/nginx/html.
I want change it, like ~/web

http://nginx.org/r/root

Probably: put “root /home/user/web;” in the server{} block that you
care about.

f

Francis D. [email protected]

#3

Thisis my defualt config:

The default server

server {
listen 80;
server_name _;

#charset koi8-r;

#access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

location / {
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
}

error_page  404              /404.html;
location = /404.html {
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
#    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
#}

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on

127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ .php$ {
# root html;
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
# include fastcgi_params;
#}

location /phpMyAdmin {
alias /usr/share/phpMyAdmin;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
}

location ~ /phpMyAdmin/.*.php$ {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/$uri;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
include fastcgi_params;
}

location ~ .php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}

# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
#location ~ /\.ht {
#    deny  all;
#}

location ~ /.ht {
deny all;
}
}

Which part I must add /home/user/web??
Sorry I’m newcomer in nginx and my english is very bad.

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#4

Sorry dude
Can you explain by example???

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#5

Sorry dude
Can you explain by example???

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#6

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 07:02:44AM -0400, sayres wrote:

Hi there,

Every location{} can have a “root” directive.

If a location has a “root” directive, then that is the root for requests
handled in that location.

If a location does not have a “root” directive, then the “root”
directive
from the server{} level applies.

If the server{} does not have a “root” directive, then the “root”
directive from the http{} level applies.

If http{} does not have a “root” directive, then the compile-time
default applies.

Which part I must add /home/user/web??

I suggest that you remove all of the current “root” directives, and add
your one into the server{} block.

f

Francis D. [email protected]

#7

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 05:09:39PM -0400, sayres wrote:

Can you explain by example???

In your current config file, add

    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;

immediately after

server {

and delete the other four mentions of

    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;

that are inside different location{} blocks.

Your server should be effectively the same as it was

To change to a new root directory, change the one line that you added.

f

Francis D. [email protected]

#8

This is my new current config:

############## Document Root #######################

root /home/sayres/web;

server {
############### General Settings ####################
listen 80;
server_name _;

location / {

root /usr/share/nginx/html;

    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
}

error_page  404              /404.html;
location = /404.html {

root /usr/share/nginx/html;

}

error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {

root /usr/share/nginx/html;

}

############## PHPMyAdmin #######################

location /phpMyAdmin {
alias /usr/share/phpMyAdmin;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
}

location ~ /phpMyAdmin/.*.php$ {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/$uri;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
include fastcgi_params;
}

############## PHP #################################
location ~ .php$ {
try_files $uri =404;

root /usr/share/nginx/html;

fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}

location ~ /.ht {
deny all;
}
}

[[email protected] sayres]# ls -l /home/sayres/
total 96
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4096 Aug 3 01:14 D
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 2 11:42 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 21 13:28 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 3 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 3 14:16 Downloads
drwxrwxr-x. 3 sayres sayres 36864 Jul 5 20:26 localrepo
drwxrwxr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 21 14:03 logs
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 2 11:41 Music
-rw-r–r--. 1 root root 9678 Jul 31 11:11 php-fpm.txt
drwxr-xr-x. 3 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 21 13:24 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 2 11:41 Public
drwxrwxr-x. 4 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 21 13:25 simpleconky
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 31 20:00 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 sayres sayres 4096 Jul 5 20:57 Videos
drwxrwxrwx. 3 sayres sayres 4096 Aug 3 14:44 web

after that and restart nginx service :
systemctl restart nginx.service

It seems that everything currect.
Thanks dude.

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