configuration for nginx

[howardlshippin]

It would be useful to include in the documentation the configuration for nginx (i.e. the equivalent entry to include in the sites-enabled default file, which I understood should include the rewrite information instead of the .htaccess file used by apache).

Being new to this, I used an online converter, which gave me the following:

nginx configuration by winginx.com

location ~ ^/photos/nova-config/.*$ { }

location ~ ^/photos/nova-base/.*$ { }

location ~ ^/photos/nova-languages/.*$ { }

location /photos/ {
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/photos/(.*) /photos/index.php break;
}
}

I included the above in the NGINX default file of the sites-enabled diectory, however it doesn't work. (I get a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access the photos directory). PHP itself is set up correctly, according to tests, and the php.info file loads OK under NGINX.

[david-novafacile]

Good point! The difficulty is that nginx server configuration must always be customized to your own server environment and own requirements.

Here an example of nginx configuration on Ubuntu 20.04:

server {
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;
        server_name mydomain.com;
        root /www/novagallery;
        index index.php;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
        }
        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        }
        location ^~ /nova-config/ { deny all; }
        location ^~ /nova-base/ { deny all; }
        location ^~ /nova-languages/ { deny all; }
}

If you have novaGallery installed in a subfolder, then you need to adjust the paths.