nginx - Working with alias inside location -

so here's server block

server {     listen      80;     server_name domain.tld;     root        /var/www/domain.tld/html;     index       index.php index.html index.htm;      location / {     }      location /phpmyadmin {         alias /var/www/phpmyadmin;     }      location /nginx_status {         stub_status on;         access_log  off;     }      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;     } } 

browsing http://domain.tld/index.php works fine problem im encountering browsing http://domain.tld/phpmyadmin/. returns 404 yet folder /var/www/phpmyadmin exist on server. viewing /var/log/nginx/error.log, no error being logged there yet access logged in /var/log/nginx/access.log. problem here?

the problem phpmyadmin php application , location ~ \.php$ block not point correct document root.

you need construct 2 php locations different document roots.

if phpmyadmin located @ /var/www/phpmyadmin, not need alias directive, root directive more efficient. see this document.

server {     listen      80;     server_name domain.tld;     root        /var/www/domain.tld/html;     index       index.php index.html index.htm;      location / {      }      location /nginx_status {         stub_status on;         access_log  off;     }      location ~ \.php$ {         try_files $uri =404;         include fastcgi_params;         fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;         fastcgi_param script_filename $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;     }      location ^~ /phpmyadmin {         root /var/www;          location ~ \.php$ {             try_files $uri =404;             include fastcgi_params;             fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;             fastcgi_param script_filename $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;         }     } } 

the location ^~ /phpmyadmin prefix location takes precedence on regex location used process .php files. contains location ~ \.php$ block inherits value of /var/www document root.

it advisable include fastcgi_params before defining other fastcgi_param parameters otherwise custom values may silently overwritten.

see this document more.