Nginx proxying to Apache: what about mod_rewrite?

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Hi!

I have a website running on a Nginx + Apache configuration.
Nginx serves the static content (in a different domain) and proxies
directly to Apache, where all the PHP is executed.

The problem is that my app uses mod_rewrite, and I can’t find where I
have to put the rules.

This is a snippet of nginx.conf…

server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name domain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8030;
}
}

And the Apache configuration…

ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/www

Options -Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

The rewrite rule in Apache was this one, and it worked before I created
the Nginx + Apache configuration.

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?r=$1?%{QUERY_STRING}

The question is, where should I put the rewrite condition? in Nginx
(adapted, of course) or Apache?

Thanks for having a look!

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2

I would think it would work from either. In apache, it would be in an
.htaccess file in the directory that you want the rewrite rule to
apply to.

3

Hi,

It’s ok, since you’re using proxy_pass in ngnix, rewrite rules in Apache
must work. I have a similar configuration and it works fine.
What happens when you try to access the domain? 404? index.php?

Regards,

Héctor Paz

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RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?r=$1?%{QUERY_STRING}

The question is, where should I put the rewrite condition? in Nginx
(adapted, of course) or Apache?

You could do either, but you may as well do it in nginx and save Apache
the
effort. As a bonus, you can get nginx to serve static files before it
passes
the rewritten request to Apache:

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?r=$request_uri;

Two birds. One stone. :slight_smile:

  • Jeff
5

To Gabriel:
Actually, I get an Apache 404 Error:
“The requested URL /es was not found on this server.”

To Héctor:
Have tried also your suggestion, but then I can’t get the ngix.conf file
to work :slight_smile:
Where do I have to write this code exactly?

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First check if nginx proxy to apache is working properly. Try with a
simple html file with no rewrite/redirections. Does it work?
It seems that your configuration is ok, also check the apache logs to
see is something wrong.

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By the way, this is a bigger snippet of my nginx.conf file, showing how
I’m dealing with statics.
I just need to connect properly nginx and Apache, as the statics are
server via another domain…

server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name static.domain.com;
location / {
root /home/web/static/;
expires 40d;
add_header Cache-Control public;
}
}
server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
location / {
#proxy to Apache
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8030;
}
}

Thanks!

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Hi Héctor,

The app works ok, so Apache and Nginx are running.
It is just that I need to keep the index.php file to make it work :slight_smile:
For example, i have

http://www.domain.com/index.php/blog/id/title.html

But it should work without index.php

http://www.domain.com/blog/id/title.html

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This is how I solved it finally.
I use nginx for the domain redirect:

server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name static.domain.com;
location / {
root /home/web/static/;
expires 40d;
add_header Cache-Control public;
}
}
server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
if ( $host != ‘domain.com’ ) {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}
location / {
# mod_rewrite in apache
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8030;
}
}

And the real rewrite is in Apache.
As this domain only deals with dynamic content, I can do it this way:

ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/www

Options -Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php$1?%{QUERY_STRING}

Thanks for your help!

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Hi All.

I have the same problem. If there are any way to solve the problem with
mod rewrite working with nginx like as reverse proxy?

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