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

There is another workaround which gives more flexibility. It consists of a proxy_pass directive which points on 127.0.0.1 and another server block.

In your case it should looks like this:

upstream blog.fake {
    server 127.0.0.1;
}
server {
    server_name local.test.ru;
    root /home/alex/www/test2;
    index index.html;

    location /blog {
        proxy_pass http://blog.fake/;
    }
}
server {
    server_name blog.fake;
    root /home/alex/www/test1;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
    }
}