NGINX Index 404 Not Found - php

Question

I've just installed a Ghost Blog on a new server running NGINX. The Ghost config.json file is pointing at the correct directory /blog and the blog loads fine when I visit it.
What isn't working is when I remove /blog from the URL, I get taken to a 404 page. I've checked my sites-enabled file, which looks like this:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name *********;
root /var/www/ghost/system/nginx-root;
location ^~ /blog {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass http://*********:2368;
proxy_redirect off;
}
location ~ /.well-known {
allow all;
}
client_max_body_size 50m;
But I'm not entirely sure what I need to change to not get the 404 error. I have an example .php file which should be loading but isn't.
I've always used the Digital Ocean One-Click Ghost app but I wanted to use the Ghost CLI this time round. I have a feeling I've missed something though.

Answer 1

the following may remove some of your restrictions but it will work
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
server_name _;
ssl on;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/thedomain.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/thedomain.com/privkey.pem;
access_log /var/log/nginx/thedomain.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/thedomain.error.log;
root /var/www/thedomain;
index index.html;
gzip on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
You need to make sure all the ssl files are there and permissioned for access by www-data.
If you need to run certbot for the first time, just but the 443 code in an 80 block without the ssl statements

Answer 2

The nginx configuration you've posted only deals with Ghost.
You've setup a server responding on port 80, set the root to Ghost's nginx-root, and created 2 location blocks. One is for /blog/ and serves Ghost, the second .well-known block is for handling generation of SSL certificates with letsencrypt.
I'm not an expert at configuring nginx for PHP, but this guide from Digital Ocean and this stackoverflow question covers a lot of the details.
I think you have a couple of options:
Set the index to be index.php
Add a new location block for / which serves php files
Add a block to handle all php files
I believe adding a new location block like this, will mean any .php files you have will always be called if the path in the URL matches.
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
But the value of fastcgi_pass will depend on how you have PHP setup on your system.
With this, going to /index.php should work.
Setting index: index.php will mean that / maps to /index.php I'm not sure if that will interfere with Ghost, if it does, you'd need a specific location / {} block instead of the index being set.