# How to change the root for testing **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [July 29, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-root-for-testing/221761 "2012-07-29T10:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-root-for-testing/221761/1 "2012-07-29T10:16:06Z")
Hi all, I want to change the root for location /testing. How can I do this? This is what I have in the middle of this server stanza, yet the testing reseller is served from the live root. ☹ ``` index index.php index.html index.htm; root /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure; # move root for testing reseller location /testing { root /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/testing; } # take resellers off the front of path to rs=reseller param rewrite ^/(kaleidoscope|chat|Spanish|3MCoach|testing)(.*)$ $2?rs=$1 ``` last; # php to fastcgi location ~ .php$ { fastcgi\_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME $document\_root$fastcgi\_script\_name; fastcgi\_param HTTPS ON; include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; } I was actually hoping to switch the root on a per-reseller basis, perhaps by testing for a file I can “touch” or delete to switch to the new configuration, but I can’t think how to do that. Thanks Ian (Sorry if this is a duplicate - the first did not appear). ---
**Author:** ![dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-root-for-testing/221761/2 "2012-07-30T17:19:51Z")
Do you mean that requesting /testing/something.php tries to use /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure/something.php instead of /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/testing/something.php? In the regexp location the document\_root is inherited from the server context. I think this would help you: map $reseller $reseller\_path { default /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure; testing /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/testing; } server { index index.php index.html index.htm; root /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure; rewrite ^/(?kaleidoscope|chat|Spanish|3MCoach|testing)(.\*)$ $2?rs=$reseller last; location ~ .php$ { fastcgi\_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME $reseller\_path$fastcgi\_script\_name; fastcgi\_param HTTPS ON; include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; } } Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: How to change the root for testing](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,229067,229097#msg-229097)** > > Hi all, I want to change the root for location /testing. How can I do this? This is what I have in the middle of this server stanza, yet the testing reseller is served from the live root. :( index index.php index.html index.htm; roo ---
**Author:** ![dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-root-for-testing/221761/3 "2012-08-01T12:31:02Z")
Hi leki75, Comments interspersed. On 30/07/2012 16:19, leki75 wrote: > Do you mean that requesting /testing/something.php tries to use > /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure/something.php instead of > /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/testing/something.php? > Yes, Exactly. > > In the regexp location the document\_root is inherited from the server > context. > I expected that to be replaced as the location is more specific. Oh > well. > root /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure; > > rewrite ^/(?kaleidoscope|chat|Spanish|3MCoach|testing)(.\*)$ > $2?rs=$reseller last; > I don’t understand what the ? bit is doing. (and Google has > been no help!). Regards Ian > location ~ .php$ { > fastcgi\_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; > fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME $reseller\_path$fastcgi\_script\_name; > fastcgi\_param HTTPS ON; > include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; > } > } – Ian H. 31 Sheerwater, Northampton NN3 5HU, Tel: 01604 513875 Preparing eBooks for Kindle and ePub formats to give the best reader experience. ---
**Author:** ![dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@dcian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-root-for-testing/221761/4 "2012-08-01T20:46:01Z")
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 11:30:08AM +0100, Ian H. wrote: > On 30/07/2012 16:19, leki75 wrote: Hi there, > > Do you mean that requesting /testing/something.php tries to use > > /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/htsecure/something.php instead of > > /home/ian/websites/coachmaster/testing/something.php? > > Yes, Exactly. > > In the regexp location the document\_root is inherited from the server > > context. > > I expected that to be replaced as the location is more specific. Oh well. One request is handled by one location. You have the location definitions: location /testing {} location ~ .php$ {} Per the docs ([Module ngx\_http\_core\_module](http://nginx.org/r/location)), the request for /testing/something.php is handled by the second location there. What you want is some way of setting “fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME” to point to the testing filename, when appropriate. Probably the least-impact way of doing this would be to add a new location ~ ^/testing/.\*php$ {} with the same content as your current php location, plus the root directive that you want. There are other ways of doing this too. > > rewrite ^/(?kaleidoscope|chat|Spanish|3MCoach|testing)(.\*)$ > > $2?rs=$reseller last; > > I don’t understand what the ? bit is doing. (and Google has > > been no help!). It’s a perl-compatible regex named capture. Older pcre libraries may not recognise the syntax, in which case you should see a clear warning to that effect. All the best, ## f Francis D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)