Open Source Social Network using the Nginx webserver

[squire-bob]

nginx configuration

server {
        listen  80;

    root /var/www/html/ossn;
    index index.php;

    server_name <FQDN>;

    autoindex off;
    location = /rewrite.php {
            rewrite ^(.*)$ /installation/tests/apache_rewrite.php break;
    }
    location /action {
            rewrite ^/action\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-\/]+)$ /system/handlers/actions.php?action=$1&$query_string break;
    }
    location / {
            if (!-e $request_filename){
                    rewrite ^/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)$ /index.php?h=$1 break;
            }
            if (!-e $request_filename){
                    rewrite ^/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)\/(.*)$ /index.php?h=$1&p=$2 break;
            }
    }
    location /error_log {
            deny all;
    }
    location ~ (nginx|htaccess).dist {
            deny all;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
            try_files $uri =404;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;

    }

}

Above is a possible nginx server block configuration. The install site comes up but informs me that "Apache is Required" Any help on removing/modifying that portion so I could continue testing would be great.

[squire-bob]

Everything I'm doing is with version 3.9 or I would be uploading things to github.
I've added a bit of code to /installation/classes/OssnInstall.php to pass check for apache

    /**
     * Check if server is running apache or litespeed
     * @last edit: $arsalanshah
     * @Reason: Initial;
     *
     */
    public static function isApache() {
        if (preg_match('/apache/i', $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"]) || preg_match('/LiteSpeed/i', $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"]) || preg_match('/nginx/i', $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"])
        ) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

I'll close this now, as it's not an issue anymore.

[ahrasis]

I think it is best to support all types of web server rather than just apache and litespeed, thus wise this should be PR'ed.

Furthermore, naming the function as isApache() might cause confusion, if the purpose is actually aimed to check web server, so I'd suggest a better name, e.g. isWebServer().

However, this might affect other codes, so, will need to check all of them before renaming.

[lianglee]

@ahrasis there are many web servers available but we are not really expert in others, and we can learn many other web servers. If you wish to submit your web server configurations please provide the server name, its configurations and other details before we merge in the core.

[ClosetGeek-Git]

@squire-bob just out of curiosity why are you setting fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME?

[lianglee]

You can use https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/nginx

[ClosetGeek-Git]

You can use https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/nginx

I can see trying to support a new server causing multiple headaches down the road, but I think this is a good step. Being opensource, it's likely that the community will help as long as there's at least a nod of approval.