NGINX try_files + alias directives

Question

I\'m trying to serve request to /blog subdirectory of a site with the php code, located in a folder outside document root directory. Here\'s my host config:

Answer 1

This is a long standing bug in nginx. But you can work around by using the root directive again. Kind of a hack, but at least it works.

server {
    index       index.php;
    root        /home/alex/www/test2;
    server_name local.test.ru;

    location /blog {
        root      /home/alex/www/test1;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /blog$is_args$args;
    }
}