Resolved How to handle permalinks under nginx?

[DieterWerner]

I tried to set permalinks for (forum) contributions but it doesn't work.

 

[themew]

How to configure Nginx for Wordpress permalinks - nixCraft

 

[DieterWerner]

How to configure Nginx for Wordpress permalinks - nixCraft

That may work for php scripts but I'm searching for a more common solution.

 

[Viorel Iliescu]

For wordpress: In Apache & Nginx Settings -> Additional nginx directives, add:

if (!-e $request_filename ){
set $test P;
}
if ($uri !~ ^/(plesk-stat|webstat|webstat-ssl|ftpstat|anon_ftpstat|awstats-icon)){
set $test "${test}C";
}
if ($test = PC){
rewrite ^ /server/index.php last;
}

After this you can use the wordpress permalinks.

 

[DieterWerner]

If I would use wordpress ... I would be happy to use the code too.

 

[mrsombre]

Hello @DieterWerner

Go to Domain > Apache & nginx Settings

Disable Nginx Proxy mode

And add this directive to the Additional nginx directives section

location = / {
    index index.php;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}

This will send all requests for non existent files to index.php

For apache you can use this solution in site .htaccess file

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]

Hope this helps

 

[DieterWerner]

As I already wrote ...
I don't search for a php solution (I don't use php).
My forums are based on Perl.

 

[virtubox]

As I already wrote ...
I don't search for a php solution (I don't use php).
My forums are based on Perl.

Hello @DieterWerner,
Do you have some examples of the permalinks structure and what is the real url ?
Because it highly depend on your applications structure.

 

[mrsombre]

My forums are based on Perl

Change index.php to your front controller (or a page that can route urls)

 

[DieterWerner]

Change index.php to your front controller (or a page that can route urls)

I tried that already and it doesn't work.
Now I'm involved in checking the code of the forumsoftware (it's Perl) - maybe there is a bug.

 

[DieterWerner]

Change index.php to your front controller (or a page that can route urls)

The structure is very plain and easy:
https://[MyDomain]/forums/2019/03/01/announcements/1205277548

The script handles it this way:
delete 'forums'
get category (in this case: 'announcements')
get ID of the contribution (in this case: '1205277548')
Create a new query string:
https://[MyDomain]/cgi-bin/forum.pl?board=[category];num=1205277548

 

[mrsombre]

Check webserver access log to ensure request handler properly.
Also try to add some debug logging to your routing script. Write all requests and it's params to a file. Use log to verify routing logic.

 

[DieterWerner]

It's working now.
It wasn't an issue of nginx or apache but a big bug in the code of the forum.
I changed the code and the problem is resolved.
Thanks to all!