# Yet another "No input file specified." thread **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126 "2009-09-25T01:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/1 "2009-09-25T01:04:30Z")
Hi folks. I’ve been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff W.s site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. # /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default contains server { listen 80; server\_name localhost ; access\_log /var/log/nginx/localhost.access.log; location / { root /var/www/nginx-default; index index.html index.htm; } location ~ .php$ { fastcgi\_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi\_index index.php; include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; } } /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params contains fastcgi\_param GATEWAY\_INTERFACE CGI/1.1; fastcgi\_param QUERY\_STRING $query\_string; fastcgi\_param REQUEST\_METHOD $request\_method; fastcgi\_param CONTENT\_TYPE $content\_type; fastcgi\_param CONTENT\_LENGTH $content\_length; fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_FILENAME $document\_root$fastcgi\_script\_name; fastcgi\_param SCRIPT\_NAME $fastcgi\_script\_name; fastcgi\_param REQUEST\_URI $request\_uri; fastcgi\_param DOCUMENT\_URI $document\_uri; fastcgi\_param DOCUMENT\_ROOT $document\_root; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_PROTOCOL $server\_protocol; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx\_version; fastcgi\_param REMOTE\_ADDR $remote\_addr; fastcgi\_param REMOTE\_PORT $remote\_port; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_ADDR $server\_addr; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_PORT $server\_port; fastcgi\_param SERVER\_NAME $server\_name; # PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect fastcgi\_param REDIRECT\_STATUS 200; Symptoms [http://localhost/missing.htm](http://localhost/missing.htm) - error 404 correct [http://localhost](http://localhost) - serves index.htm correct [http://localhost/present.htm](http://localhost/present.htm) - served correctly [http://localhost/present.php](http://localhost/present.php) - can give two errors if fastcgi gateway is running I get “No input file spcified.” if the fastcgi gateway is not up, I get Bad Gateway, So I know the gateway is running, I telnet’ed into it - and it kicked me out. if I run the present.php file on the command line it runs as expected. I’m sure it is something so very simple that I’m kick myself - I just can’t see what. Any help with this much appreciated. Ian Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Yet another "No input file specified." thread](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,9100,9100#msg-9100)** > > Hi folks. I've been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff Waughs site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. #... ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/2 "2009-09-25T01:31:27Z")
either add another root /var/www/nginx-default; to your location ~ .php$ block or move the root directive into the server block instead of location / ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/3 "2009-09-25T02:39:21Z")
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 00:21, Rob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: […] > >     location ~ .php$ { > >         fastcgi\_pass  127.0.0.1:9000; > >         fastcgi\_index  index.php; > >         include /etc/nginx/fastcgi\_params; > >     } Try using something like: location ~ .(php|html)$ { fastcgi\_pass localhost:yourPort; include fastcgi\_params; # add aditional parameters only after the include, so they’ll override ``` fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME ``` /path/to/your/docroot$fastcgi\_script\_name; fastcgi\_param DOCUMENT\_ROOT /path/to/your/docroot; fastcgi\_intercept\_errors on; # for easier debug } Mainly, the document\_root param should be afer the include, otherwise you’re using your server’s doc\_root instead of your site’s doc\_root. I think… HTH ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/4 "2009-09-25T09:56:03Z")
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 01:26:43AM +0100, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: > Mainly, the document\_root param should be afer the include, otherwise > you’re using your server’s doc\_root instead of your site’s doc\_root. I > think… No, it’s enough to add “root” in ``` location ~ \.php$ { root /path/to/your/docroot; ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/5 "2009-09-25T12:26:31Z")
Thanks for your input guys. All is working fine now. What is odd is that I am sure I simply removed comments from the standard (0.6.whatever Ubuntu) file, and that is what had root and index inside location / Oh well. Thanks again Ian Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Yet another "No input file specified." thread](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,9100,9176#msg-9176)** > > Hi folks. I've been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff Waughs site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. #... ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/6 "2009-09-25T13:19:11Z")
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Rob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > either add another > root /var/www/nginx-default; to your location ~ .php$ block or move the > root directive into the server block instead of location / someone should save this answer as template. ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/7 "2010-10-29T16:54:45Z")
Anyone have any ideas about this one? Thanks Mike Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Yet another "No input file specified." thread](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,9100,145718#msg-145718)** > > Hi folks. I've been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff Waughs site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. #... ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/8 "2010-10-19T19:55:38Z")
I’m on Windows XP. Not sure if that makes a diff or not. I can’t figure out how to get my document root outside of the nginx folder. ```auto #user nobody; worker_processes 1; #error_log logs/error.log; #error_log logs/error.log notice; #error_log logs/error.log info; #pid logs/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { include mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; #log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" ' # '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" ' # '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"'; #access_log logs/access.log main; sendfile on; #tcp_nopush on; #keepalive_timeout 0; keepalive_timeout 65; #gzip on; server { listen 80; server_name localhost; #charset koi8-r; #access_log logs/host.access.log main; location / { root ../webs; index index.html index.htm index.php; } #error_page 404 /404.html; # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html # error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root 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 ../webs; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME c:/nginx/html/$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; #} } # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration # #server { # listen 8000; # listen somename:8080; # server_name somename alias another.alias; # location / { # root html; # index index.html index.htm; # } #} # HTTPS server # #server { # listen 443; # server_name localhost; # ssl on; # ssl_certificate cert.pem; # ssl_certificate_key cert.key; # ssl_session_timeout 5m; # ssl_protocols SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1; # ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP; # ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; # location / { # root html; # index index.html index.htm; # } #} } Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mike ``` Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Yet another "No input file specified." thread](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,9100,142403#msg-142403)** > > Hi folks. I've been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff Waughs site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. #... ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/9 "2010-10-29T20:41:47Z")
Hi dmikester1 I’m reposting the reply - it appear the O/P didn’t see it and neither did I. You put a root stanza in the config file - typically inside the server {} brackets - but see [http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#root](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#root) On windows, I believe you need to convert the file names from - for example - d:\websites\asite into d/websites/asite if nginx runs under cygwin Regards Ian ---
**Author:** ![hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hobson42](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hobson42)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yet-another-no-input-file-specified-thread/176126/10 "2010-10-29T23:05:17Z")
Andy if nginx does not run under cygwin? Thanks Mike Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Yet another "No input file specified." thread](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,9100,145840#msg-145840)** > > Hi folks. I've been tearing what little hair I have left out trying to find the problem with this. nginx version 0.7.61 installed from Jeff Waughs site. On Ubuntu 9.4 Jackalope. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf - standard, as issued. #...