NGINX try_files Apache

nginx-install.sh

# Install NGINX
sudo apt-get install nginx

# Rename github repository to ads_archive
# Create new github repository named ads

REPO_URL="https://github.com/mediaFORGE/ads.git"
ADS_DIR=/mnt/tmp # ??
ADS_ARCHIVE_DIR=/mnt/ads_archive

# Move current ads directory to new frozen directory - it will never be updated again
sudo mv $ADS_DIR $ADS_ARCHIVE_DIR

# Checkout the new ads repo to current location
sudo git clone $REPO_URL $ADS_DIR

nginx-more.conf

server {
  listen    4949;
  root      /mnt/new_ads;
  index     index.html index.htm;

  # Serve static content from the new repo
  # Proxy everything else to Apache
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @apache;
  }

  location @apache {
    proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:81;
    proxy_redirect     off;

    proxy_set_header   Host             $host;
    proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
  }
}

nginx.conf

server {
  listen    4949;
  root      /mnt/new_ads;
  index     index.html index.htm;

  # Serve static content from the new and archive repos
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /archive/$uri /archive/$uri/;
  }

  # Proxy only php files to Apache
  location ~ \.php$ {
    proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:81;
    proxy_redirect     off;

    proxy_set_header   Host             $host;
    proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

  }
}