NS8 & NGINX .conf file

michelandre · July 24, 2023, 4:22pm

Hi all,

For Apache, in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, I can set AllowOverride to All so the directives in .htacess can All be applied.

# AllowOverride 
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:

I would like to add this line in nginx.conf:
AllowOverride All
so the directives in .htacess can All be applied for WordPress in webserver1 (9001).

Where is that nginx.conf for webserver1 (9001) ?

Michel-André

michelandre · July 24, 2023, 5:55pm

Hi all,

According to: How I migrated from Apache to Nginx – Donny Wals

What you might notice here is that the nginx configuration is a little bit longer and more detailed than the one for apache. This is because apache uses .htaccess files to set up global or per folder access and rewrite rules. Nginx doesn’t use these files and instead the configuration for that goes into your server configuration.

…instead the configuration for that goes into your server configuration…

I wonder what it means by server configuration ???

Michel-André

Andy_Wismer · July 24, 2023, 6:04pm

Hi @michelandre

Nginx sees itself as “server” app, in line with a long linux tradition.
As such it’s another way of saying the .conf file of nginx…
The text itself also refers to a lengthier .conf file…

My 2 cents
Andy

giacomo · July 25, 2023, 6:31am

I do not know if it is possible to easily override the config in the ns8 app: it much depends on the container configuration.

Let’s ask @stephdl !

stephdl · July 25, 2023, 7:26am

Please take a read to the readme of ns8 module when you look informations we try to keep tracks to manual settings by cli or hidden features from UI

You could add a dyn-9001.custom to /home/webserver*/.config/state/conf.d/

stephdl · July 25, 2023, 7:29am

github.com

NethServer/ns8-webserver/blob/main/imageroot/templates/vhost-nginx.conf#L6


      
          server {
              listen       80;
              listen  [::]:80;
              server_name {{names}};
          
          
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/dyn-{{port}}[.]custom;
          
          
    location / {
                  root   /usr/share/nginx/html/{{WebRoot}};
                  index  index.html index.htm;
                  autoindex {{Indexes}};
              }
          
          
    # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
              #
              error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;

stephdl · July 25, 2023, 7:33am

github.com

NethServer/ns8-webserver/blob/main/imageroot/bin/expand-vhosts

#!/usr/bin/env python3

#
# Copyright (C) 2022 Nethesis S.r.l.
# http://www.nethesis.it - nethserver@nethesis.it
#
# This script is part of NethServer.
#
# NethServer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
# or any later version.
#
# NethServer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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AllowOverride is missing we need to add it as NFR

michelandre · July 25, 2023, 12:50pm

It is in this file that I added “index.php” and it worked.

Wihout it I have “Forbidden”

Michel-André

michelandre · July 25, 2023, 1:04pm

Salut Stéphane,

Does it means that AllowOverride is not used or that .htaccess is not use and that the directives for .htaccess should be included in vhost-nginx.conf ?

My goal for today was to study the original nginx.conf from https://docs.nginx.com.

Michel-André

michelandre · July 25, 2023, 1:18pm

Salut Stéphane,

The introduction of this file is very nice but there is not a single line explaining what this file does.
.
I think there should be at least a few lines describing the file and its purpose in every single file written! If not, good luck for the next programmer…

In another life, when I was programming in Perl, I wrote much more lines of description than lines of code. Even so, in this life if I read back, It’s diffical to follow on the first reading - imagine without a description.
It was even much worse with LISP - (Lost In Stupid Parentheses) the really but the most really worse one to follow what the writer is doing.

Michel-André

stephdl · July 25, 2023, 2:28pm

Yes I could agree but when you start to explain the code it is that the code is badly written

I can read as cristal clear what the code does

michelandre · July 25, 2023, 2:57pm

Salut Stéphane,

That is because you are young and a very good programmer with a very good memory.

Life is long and as it goes by, the ability and mainly the memory are weakening for everyone, no exception.

I am not sure that in 20 years you will see those codes as clearly as today.
Just wait and see with the next programmer.

Michel-André

remi_python · April 14, 2024, 9:36am

I have tried to use the $“vhost”.custom , (thank you for thinking about it )

apparently we can’t add directives to the “/” location ,

org:

location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html/9004;
        index  index.html index.htm index.php;
        autoindex on;
    }

custom:

$shell> cat dyn-9004.custom
    location /. {
    add_before_body header.xhtml;
    add_after_body  footer.xhtml;
    }

Nginx complains about duplicate “blocks” etc,

My goal, is to serve an index_less folder , but I add to it some cosmetics …
(for a data mirror (Linux distros …))

if anyone has a suggestion, I’ll be more than grateful

stephdl · April 14, 2024, 1:00pm

Did you try to add only this in the custom file

remi_python · April 14, 2024, 5:15pm

It works !

Thank you again