Hey, I installed ispconfig/nginx on ubuntu 12.10 following your great how-to: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.10-nginx-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3-p4 I need to apply rewrite rules to nginx from a .haccess file with these contents: Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^index.html$ index.php RewriteRule ^browse-(.*)-videos.html$ category.php?cat=$1 RewriteRule ^browse-(.*)-videos-([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ category.php?cat=$1&page=$2&sortby=$3 RewriteRule ^register.html$ register.php RewriteRule ^contact_us.html$ contact_us.php RewriteRule ^edit_profile.html$ edit_profile.php RewriteRule ^suggest.html$ suggest.php RewriteRule ^upload.html$ upload.php RewriteRule ^upload_avatar.html$ upload_avatar.php RewriteRule ^suggest.html$ suggest.php RewriteRule ^favorites.html(.*)$ favorites.php$1 RewriteRule ^login.html(.*)$ login.php$1 RewriteRule ^newvideos.html(.*)$ newvideos.php$1 RewriteRule ^topvideos.html(.*)$ topvideos.php$1 RewriteRule ^profile.html(.*)$ profile.php$1 RewriteRule ^favorites.html(.*)$ favorites.php$1 RewriteRule ^playlist/(.*)$ myfavorites.php?u=$1 RewriteRule ^memberlist.html(.*)$ memberlist.php$1 RewriteRule ^articles/read-(.*)_([0-9]+).html$ article_read.php?a=$2 RewriteRule ^articles/index-([0-9]+).html$ article.php?page=$1 RewriteRule ^articles/browse-(.*)-([0-9]+).html$ article.php?c=$1&page=$2 RewriteRule ^articles/tag/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ article.php?tag=$1&page=$2 RewriteRule ^articles/tag/([^/]+)(/)?$ article.php?tag=$1&page=1 RewriteRule ^articles/popular-([0-9]+).html$ article.php?show=popular&page=$1 RewriteRule ^articles(\/|.html)?$ article.php RewriteRule ^article(\/|.html)?$ article.php RewriteRule ^pages/(.*)\.html$ page.php?name=$1 RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/$ tag.php?t=$1&page=1 RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ tag.php?t=$1&page=$2 RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)-video_(.*).html$ musicvideo.php?vid=$3 RewriteRule ^([^/]*)-video_(.*).html$ watch.php?vid=$2 RewriteRule ^fpembed-(.*).swf$ fpembed.php?vid=$1 RewriteRule ^rss.xml$ rss.php [L] I am not an expert in these things so it is all try and error. I used this online converter http://winginx.com/htaccess and I got this output: Code: # nginx configuration location = /index.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php; } location /browse { rewrite ^/browse-(.*)-videos.html$ /category.php?cat=$1; rewrite ^/browse-(.*)-videos-([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /category.php?cat=$1&page=$2&sortby=$3; } location = /register.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /register.php; } location = /contact_us.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /contact_us.php; } location = /edit_profile.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /edit_profile.php; } location = /suggest.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /suggest.php; rewrite ^(.*)$ /suggest.php; } location = /upload.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload.php; } location = /upload_avatar.html { rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload_avatar.php; } location /favorites { rewrite ^/favorites.html(.*)$ /favorites.php$1; rewrite ^/favorites.html(.*)$ /favorites.php$1; } location /login { rewrite ^/login.html(.*)$ /login.php$1; } location /newvideos { rewrite ^/newvideos.html(.*)$ /newvideos.php$1; } location /topvideos { rewrite ^/topvideos.html(.*)$ /topvideos.php$1; } location /profile { rewrite ^/profile.html(.*)$ /profile.php$1; } location /playlist { rewrite ^/playlist/(.*)$ /myfavorites.php?u=$1; } location /memberlist { rewrite ^/memberlist.html(.*)$ /memberlist.php$1; } location /articles { rewrite ^/articles/read-(.*)_([0-9]+).html$ /article_read.php?a=$2; rewrite ^/articles/index-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?page=$1; rewrite ^/articles/browse-(.*)-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?c=$1&page=$2; rewrite ^/articles/tag/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ /article.php?tag=$1&page=$2; rewrite ^/articles/tag/([^/]+)(/)?$ /article.php?tag=$1&page=1; rewrite ^/articles/popular-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?show=popular&page=$1; rewrite ^/articles(\/|.html)?$ /article.php; } location /article { rewrite ^/article(\/|.html)?$ /article.php; } location /pages { rewrite ^/pages/(.*)\.html$ /page.php?name=$1; } location /tags { rewrite ^/tags/([^/]+)/$ /tag.php?t=$1&page=1; rewrite ^/tags/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ /tag.php?t=$1&page=$2; } location / { rewrite ^/(.*)/(.*)-video_(.*).html$ /musicvideo.php?vid=$3; rewrite ^/([^/]*)-video_(.*).html$ /watch.php?vid=$2; } location /fpembed { rewrite ^/fpembed-(.*).swf$ /fpembed.php?vid=$1; } location = /rss.xml { rewrite ^(.*)$ /rss.php break; } So then from SSH I typed: nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and pasted the above content under http { then ran: /etc/init.d/nginx start and here is the error message: Code: Starting nginx: nginx: [emerg] "location" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:75 nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed Ok so I used another converter located here http://www.anilcetin.com/convert-apache-htaccess-to-nginx/ its output is: Code: rewrite ^/index.html$ /index.php; rewrite ^/browse-(.*)-videos.html$ /category.php?cat=$1; rewrite ^/browse-(.*)-videos-([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /category.php?cat=$1&page=$2&sortby=$3; rewrite ^/register.html$ /register.php; rewrite ^/contact_us.html$ /contact_us.php; rewrite ^/edit_profile.html$ /edit_profile.php; rewrite ^/suggest.html$ /suggest.php; rewrite ^/upload.html$ /upload.php; rewrite ^/upload_avatar.html$ /upload_avatar.php; rewrite ^/suggest.html$ /suggest.php; rewrite ^/favorites.html(.*)$ /favorites.php$1; rewrite ^/login.html(.*)$ /login.php$1; rewrite ^/newvideos.html(.*)$ /newvideos.php$1; rewrite ^/topvideos.html(.*)$ /topvideos.php$1; rewrite ^/profile.html(.*)$ /profile.php$1; rewrite ^/favorites.html(.*)$ /favorites.php$1; rewrite ^/playlist/(.*)$ /myfavorites.php?u=$1; rewrite ^/memberlist.html(.*)$ /memberlist.php$1; rewrite ^/articles/read-(.*)_([0-9]+).html$ /article_read.php?a=$2; rewrite ^/articles/index-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?page=$1; rewrite ^/articles/browse-(.*)-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?c=$1&page=$2; rewrite ^/articles/tag/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ /article.php?tag=$1&page=$2; rewrite ^/articles/tag/([^/]+)(/)?$ /article.php?tag=$1&page=1; rewrite ^/articles/popular-([0-9]+).html$ /article.php?show=popular&page=$1; rewrite ^/articles(/|.html)?$ /article.php; rewrite ^/article(/|.html)?$ /article.php; rewrite ^/pages/(.*).html$ /page.php?name=$1; rewrite ^/tags/([^/]+)/$ /tag.php?t=$1&page=1; rewrite ^/tags/([^/]+)/page-([0-9]+)(/)?$ /tag.php?t=$1&page=$2; rewrite ^/(.*)/(.*)-video_(.*).html$ /musicvideo.php?vid=$3; rewrite ^/([^/]*)-video_(.*).html$ /watch.php?vid=$2; rewrite ^/fpembed-(.*).swf$ /fpembed.php?vid=$1; rewrite ^/rss.xml$ /rss.php last; and when I copy this code into nginx conf and start nginx here is what I get: Code: Starting nginx: nginx: [emerg] "rewrite" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:73 nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed I am lost! Please anyone tell me what I am doing wrong!! Thank you for your time..
You probably copied the rewrite rules to the wrong place. Please post your full vhost configuration (including the rewrite rules from anilcetin).
