cakephp - Subfolder installation -

i'm trying add on cakephp on existing server, location / block being used. i'm following pretty url on nginx section on cakephp cookbook. on test environment, have server block looking

server {     listen 80;     server_name localhost;       access_log /var/www/html/log/access.log;     error_log /var/www/html/log/error.log;       location / {         root /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/;         index index.php;          try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;      }       location ~ \.php$ {         root /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/;         index index.php;         try_files $uri =404;         include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;         fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;         fastcgi_index   index.php;         fastcgi_param script_filename $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;     } } 

from this, i'm able run testscontroller through url localhost/tests

however, server i'm trying add cakephp to, there application installed @ domain root.

location / {     proxy_pass https://localhost/somepage; }    

i tried setting location block like

location /cakephp {     root /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/;     index index.php;     try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?args; } 

i understand wouldn't work because it's looking cakephp in url, wouldn't there. since root set /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot, when access url localhost/cakephp, looking /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/cakephp?

i'm getting confused how set up. read url rewriting , cakephp running in subdirectory, i'm not sure if that's looking for. right now, application runs http://localhost/somecontroller. have the application run url http://localhost/cakephp/somecontroller. how should setup nginx config?

fix static files first

with config in question, you'll find nothing works - not requests static files.

consider:

server {     ...      root /wherever/;     error_log /tmp/cakephp.err.log debug;  # <- add      location /cakephp {         root /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/;         index index.php;         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?args;     } } 

this produce:

$ curl -i http://cakephp.dev/cakephp/favicon.ico http/1.1 404 not found 

the debug log clarify why occurs:

-> cat /tmp/cakephp.err.log  ... 2015/08/23 10:53:43 [debug] 9754#0: *87 http script var: "/cakephp/favicon.ico" 2015/08/23 10:53:43 [debug] 9754#0: *87 trying use file: "/cakephp/favicon.ico" "/var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/cakephp/favicon.ico" 

nginx using whole url path file, not bit after location prefix. understanding difference between root directive , alias directive important, , common question (random result, there many).

so, fixing first:

server {     ...      error_log /tmp/cakephp.err.log debug;      location /cakephp {         alias /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/; # <- alias, not root         index index.php;         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?args;     } } 

will produce:

$ curl -i http://cakephp.dev/cakephp/favicon.ico http/1.1 200 ok 

then fix php requests

the problem php requests more or less same thing; though request finds right php file it's configured such cakephp assume it's installed in root. there various solutions - here's one:

server {     ...      error_log /tmp/cakephp.err.log debug;      location /cakephp {         alias /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/;         index index.php;         try_files $uri $uri/ /cakephp/index.php; # <- redirect actual equivalent request     }      location /cakephp/index.php {         include fastcgi_params;         fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;          # explicit script filename         fastcgi_param   script_filename /var/www/html/cakephp/app/webroot/index.php;     } } 

in way static files , dynamic requests both work - , environment variables cakephp receives such understands root of application /cakephp/.