Magento 1.9 pages not loading without index.php - ssl

Question

When I enable ssl on the website the pages won't load without index.php in the url. I have set Use Web Server Rewrites, Use Secure URLs in Frontend, and Use Secure URLs in Admin to Yes. Offloader header is set to SSL_OFFLOADED. I have cleared the cache on the website and my browser. I have checked phpinfo() and mod_rewrite is enabled. The secure and unsecure url both have https://. I have also replaced the .htaccess file with a fresh copy and it different make any difference.
That is what I have tried from various posts on Stackoverflow and I am unsure what to try next.

Answer 1

Are you using Apache or Nginx? Nginx does not read/use the .htaccess file. You need to use something like this in Nginx config:
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
expires 14d;
log_not_found off;
}
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ #handler;
}
location #handler {
rewrite / /index.php;
}
location ^~ /app/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /includes/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /lib/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /media/downloadable/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /pkginfo/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /report/config.xml { deny all; }
location ^~ /var/ { deny all; }
location /var/export/ {
auth_basic 'Restricted';
auth_basic_user_file htpasswd;
autoindex on;
}
location /. {
return 404;
}
location ~ .php/ {
rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
}
rewrite ^/minify/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
rewrite ^/skin/m/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
location /lib/minify/ {
allow all;
}