nginx config for phpbb and laravel - laravel

Question

I need an nginx config that will work for both Laravel and Phpbb.
I have used laravel forge to setup my digital ocean server, and it created this nginx config:
# FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
include forge-conf/djembefola.org/before/*;
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name djembefola.org;
root /home/forge/djembefola.org/public;
# FORGE SSL (DO NOT REMOVE!)
# ssl_certificate;
# ssl_certificate_key;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:$
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparams.pem;
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
index index.html index.htm index.php;
charset utf-8;
# FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
include forge-conf/djembefola.org/server/*;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
access_log off;
error_log /var/log/nginx/djembefola.org-error.log error;
error_page 404 /index.php;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
deny all;
}
}
# FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
include forge-conf/djembefola.org/after/*;
The /public folder is where the front controller index.php of Laravel lives...
Also in the public folder, I have and install of phpbb at
- /public/board
I am upgrading the forum, and as such I need to rum the phpbb installer, which resides at:
localhost/board/install,
which then calls:
localhost/board/install/app.php/update
The above url is then giving a 404 error.
I have read elsewhere that this is because Nginx needs to be configured correctly in order to run the installer.
The sample Nginx config for phpbb is listed here.
So I need to merge these somehow, but so far my attempts have failed.
I tried adding :
location /board/ {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /app.php/$1 last;
}
to the existing laravel nginx file, but that fails. I am aware that I need to put it in the right place in the nginx config, but I fear I'm probably overlooking something else, as I am guessing a bit here...
Can anyone help please?

Answer 1

Based off the example config, you can nest required rules within a block wrap (just like they have done with the /install/ directory). eg:
location /board/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ #rewriteapp;
# Deny access to internal phpbb files.
location ~ /(config\.php|common\.php|cache|files|images/avatars/upload|includes|(?<!ext/)phpbb|store|vendor) {
deny all;
# deny was ignored before 0.8.40 for connections over IPv6.
# Use internal directive to prohibit access on older versions.
internal;
}
# Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server specified in upstream declaration.
location ~ \.php(/|$) {
# Unmodified fastcgi_params from nginx distribution.
include fastcgi_params;
# Necessary for php.
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
try_files $uri $uri/ /board/app.php$is_args$args;
fastcgi_pass php;
}
}
location #rewriteapp {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /app.php/$1 last;
}
Note that #rewriteapp is outside the block wrap. Nginx will complain if you try to place it inside.
Just amend the paths to match your directory.