Rewrite root address to a subdirectory in nginx

Question

I\'m converting my mediawiki site to use nginx as a frontend for static files with apache on the backend for php. I\'ve gotten everything working so far except for when I vi

Answer 1

The answer you used is a redirect, making you skip the / location to a /wiki location, You can try this instead

location = / {
    rewrite ^ /w/index.php?title=Main_Page&$args last;
}

This should server the Main_Page for the / URI