# Nginx 404 not found/503 error in subdir

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**Created:** [November 25, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-404-not-found-503-error-in-subdir/214242 "2011-11-25T14:44:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-404-not-found-503-error-in-subdir/214242/1 "2011-11-25T14:44:45Z")

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Okay, i setup a debian install with ispconfig3 ,php5-fpm and nginx, the  
main site, drupal is working fine, even perfect. But i also have a  
modded phpbb3 board, in a subdir, named ‘forum’.

Now for some reason i get the following error from nginx when accesing  
the dir:

‘ERROR 500 - Internal Server Error!’

This is the content of the nginx directiv field(for vhost):

> **[\# search for already compressed files gzip\_static on; gzip on; # some -...](https://pastebin.com/rTacVDSa)**
>
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I checked the php and nginx logs, nothing in it that suggest an error  
with php…

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> **[Nginx 404 not found/503 error in subdir.](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,219034,219034#msg-219034)**
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> Okay, i setup a debian install with ispconfig3 ,php5-fpm and nginx, the main site, drupal is working fine, even perfect. But i also have a modded phpbb3 board, in a subdir, named 'forum'. Now for some reason i get the following error from nginx when...