howto for nginx

has someone instructions on how to use vbseo with nginx?

using vbulletin with nginx is not too hard, but the missing .htaccess feature of nginx creates some headaches

tnx

Is there a special reason you're using nginx?

there are many many reasons for using nginx: give a look here nginx - the raise of a new giant - vBulletin Community Forum

Here are rewrite rules to be used with vBSEO for nginx:

Code:

location /forums/ {

rewrite ^/forums/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 last;

if ($request_filename ~ "\.php$" ) {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /forums/vbseo.php last;
}

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/forums/(.*)$ /forums/vbseo.php last;
}

}

"/forums/" should be replaced with vB folder name.

thank you for the rules!

is there any precaution to take before vbseo upgrade using nginx?

No other vBSEO-related changes are required.

Hi Oleg,
could you please post the new rules to use on nginx with VBSEO 3.2?

Thank you!

The same rewrite rules should work fine.

ok perfect. I read that the .htaccess should be modified before upgrading vbseo to the latest version, so i thought that the same applyed for rewrite rules in nginx.

Thank you!

Sorry to drag up this old thread but I have just installed nginx as a proxy fro apache. Does this change go into the nginx vhost conf for my domain and then I remove .htaccess or do I out this IN .htaccess?

Cheers
Bruce

"/forums/" should be replaced with vB folder name.

I made mine like so:

Code:

location /home/me_mine/public_html/ {

rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 last;

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/(.*)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo.php last;
}

}

if ($request_filename ~ "\.php$" ) {
rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/(.*)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo.php last;
}

My config file now looks like this:

Code:

server
{
    listen      |SITE_IP|:80;
    server_name |DOMAIN_NAME| |DOMAIN_ALIASES|;
    # Main location
    location /
    {    
        proxy_pass         http://|SITE_IP|:|APACHE_PORT|;
        proxy_redirect     off;
    
        proxy_set_header   Host             $http_host;
        proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass_header  Set-Cookie;
            
        |PROXY_REDIRECTS|
    }
    
    location /home/me_mine/public_html/ {

rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 last;

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/(.*)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo.php last;
}

}

if ($request_filename ~ "\.php$" ) {
rewrite ^/home/me_mine/public_html/(.*)$ /home/me_mine/public_html/vbseo.php last;
}

    # Static files location
    location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|pdf|ppt|txt|tar|bmp|rtf)$
    {
        root    |DOCROOT|;
        access_log /usr/local/apache/domlogs/|DOMAIN_NAME| main;
        access_log /usr/local/apache/domlogs/|DOMAIN_NAME|-bytes_log bytes_log;
        error_page 404 = @fallback;
    }
    location @fallback
    {
       proxy_pass http://|SITE_IP|:|APACHE_PORT|;
       proxy_redirect     off;

       proxy_set_header Host $host;
       proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
       proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
       proxy_pass_header  Set-Cookie;

       |PROXY_REDIRECTS|
    }
}

Is this the correct way to do this ?
I am "not" getting any errors from nginx or httpd/apache.

NOTE: Nginx server is only for static content, but this has resolved all my errors I was getting from my nginx logs it seems.

Thanks Guy's,

Hello,

it looks ok.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Here are rewrite rules to be used with vBSEO for nginx:

Code:

location /forums/ {

rewrite ^/forums/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 last;

if ($request_filename ~ "\.php$" ) {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /forums/vbseo.php last;
}

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/forums/(.*)$ /forums/vbseo.php last;
}

}

"/forums/" should be replaced with vB folder name.

Oleg where I have to put this code?

You need to put that code in your nginx.conf file , the file may have a different name according to your nginx configuration.

IfIsEvil
^-- With that in mind, is there another way to achieve this?

Something along the lines of this? I don't have vBSEO setup on my test rig just yet, will have to get that sorted.