Configure nginx with multiple locations with different root folders on subdomain

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I'm looking to serve the root url of a subdomain and directory of a subdomain to two different folders on my server. Here is the simple set-up that I have and is not working...

server {

    index index.html index.htm;
    server_name test.example.com;

    location / {
            root /web/test.example.com/www;
    }

    location /static {
            root /web/test.example.com/static;
    }
}

In this example going to test.example.com/ would bring the index file in /web/test.example.com/www

and going to test.example.com/static would bring the index file in /web/test.example.com/static

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6 Answers

A little more elaborate example.

Setup: You have a website at example.com and you have a web app at example.com/webapp

...
server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name example.com;

  root   /usr/share/nginx/html/website_dir;
  index  index.html index.htm;
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;

  location /webapp/ {
    alias  /usr/share/nginx/html/webapp_dir/;
    index  index.html index.htm;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /webapp/index.html;
  }
}
...

I've named webapp_dir and website_dir on purpose. If you have matching names and folders you can use the root directive.

This setup works and is tested with Docker.

NB!!! Be careful with the slashes. Put them exactly as in the example.

user_5376480

If you use this, I will suggest you set up this command too.

location /static/ {
    proxy_set_header Host $host/static; // if you change the directory and the browser can't find your path
    alias /web/test.example.com/static/;
}
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If you want to check two different directories for the same URI use this config:

server {
...
    root /var/www/my-site/public/;
...
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
...
    location / {
        root /var/www/old-site/dist/;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }
...
}

If Nginx couldn't find file in /var/www/old-site/dist/ directory, then it will try file in /var/www/my-site/public/ directory, but as we said to Nginx to try files with $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args patterns, so Nginx will try /index.php$is_args$args in /var/www/my-site/public/ directory. not $uri

If you want to complete your fallthrough, then replace /index.php$is_args$args with /fallthrough$uri and then add the location /fallthrough { ... } with the alias key to your target directory.

https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/#root-inside-location-block

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