Nginx Welcome test page instead of homepage - apache

Question

Server configuration :
Centos 7 + PHP7 + PHP-FPM + MariaDB 10 +Nginx as reverse proxy for Apache + Virtualmin
I'm new to setting up a server. I'm not sure where did I mess up and I have tried searching online and editing according to suggestion on Digital Ocean and many other forum but still no success. I always restart nginx, httpd and php-fpm after changes have been made.
I have 2 virtual servers, all of them open Nginx test page instead of their respective homepage.
I have been trying to configure but with no success. Please help.
Below are the configuration files for my virtual servers.
1) etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
server {
listen 80;
root /home/~;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name localhost;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
#fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
#fastcgi_pass php-fpm;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
2) etc/nginx/conf.d/php-fpm.conf
# PHP-FPM FastCGI server
# network or unix domain socket configuration
upstream php-fpm {
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
#server unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
}
3) etc/nginx/nginx.conf
user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
worker_rlimit_nofile 10000;
# only log critical errors
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log crit;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
use epoll;
multi_accept on;
}
http {
include mime.types;
fastcgi_buffers 8 16k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
fastcgi_connect_timeout 300;
fastcgi_send_timeout 300;
fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
default_type application/octet-stream;
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
'"$request" $status $bytes_sent '
'"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
'"$gzip_ratio"';
log_format download '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
'"$request" $status $bytes_sent '
'"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
'"$http_range" "$sent_http_content_range"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
# cache informations about FDs, frequently accessed files
# can boost performance, but you need to test those values
open_file_cache max=200000 inactive=20s;
open_file_cache_valid 2m;
open_file_cache_min_uses 5;
open_file_cache_errors on;
# to boost I/O on HDD we can disable access logs
access_log off;
# copies data between one FD and other from within the kernel
# faster then read() + write()
sendfile on;
# send headers in one peace, its better then sending them one by one
tcp_nopush on;
# don't buffer data sent, good for small data bursts in real time
tcp_nodelay on;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 128;
##
# Gzip Settings
##
# reduce the data that needs to be sent over network -- for testing environment
gzip on;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_min_length 10240;
gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript text/x-js;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
# allow the server to close connection on non responding client, this will free up memory
reset_timedout_connection on;
# request timed out -- default 60
client_body_timeout 3m;
# if client stop responding, free up memory -- default 60
send_timeout 3m;
# server will close connection after this time -- default 75
keepalive_timeout 65;
# number of requests client can make over keep-alive -- for testing environment
keepalive_requests 100000;
ignore_invalid_headers on;
client_max_body_size 100m;
connection_pool_size 256;
request_pool_size 4k;
output_buffers 4 32k;
postpone_output 1460;
# limit the number of connections per single IP
limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=conn_limit_per_ip:10m;
# limit the number of requests for a given session
limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=req_limit_per_ip:10m rate=5r/s;
# if the request body size is more than the buffer size, then the entire (or partial)
# request body is written into a temporary file
client_body_buffer_size 128k;
# headerbuffer size for the request header from client -- for testing environment
client_header_buffer_size 3m;
# maximum number and size of buffers for large headers to read from client request
large_client_header_buffers 4 256k;
# how long to wait for the client to send a request header -- for testing environment
client_header_timeout 3m;
server_tokens off;
#nginx compression
log_format compression '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] ' '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent ' '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$gzip_ratio"';
# Upstream to abstract backend connection(s) for PHP.
upstream php {
#this should match value of "listen" directive in php-fpm pool
#server unix:/tmp/php-fpm.sock;
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
server {
listen 80;
# listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
#root /home/~;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
# Load configuration files for the default server block.
include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf;
error_page 404 /404.html;
location = /40x.html {
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
}
# zone which we want to limit by upper values, we want limit whole server
limit_conn conn_limit_per_ip 10;
limit_req zone=req_limit_per_ip burst=10 nodelay;
location ~* .(woff|eot|ttf|svg|mp4|webm|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
expires max;
}
gzip on;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log compression;
}
#1st virtual server
server {
listen 80;
server_name website1.co www.website1.co;
root /home/website1/public_html;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
access_log /var/log/virtualmin/website1_access_log;
error_log /var/log/virtualmin/website1_error_log;
# nginx configuration
location / {
#for web application
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^(/)?api/.*$ /api/index.php;
}
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^(/)?customer/.*$ /customer/index.php;
}
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^(/)?backend/.*$ /backend/index.php;
}
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php;
}
index index.html index.htm index.php;
#web application end
# [pre-existing configurations, if applicable]
autoindex on;
autoindex_exact_size off;
client_max_body_size 10m;
client_body_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_send_timeout 90;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_buffers 4 256k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 256k;
proxy_temp_file_write_size 256k;
proxy_connect_timeout 30s;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
#fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_read_timeout 600s;
fastcgi_send_timeout 600s;
include fastcgi_params;
}
# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
location ~ /\.ht {
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
deny all;
}
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /home/website1/ssl.cert;
ssl_certificate_key /home/website1/ssl.key;
}
#2nd virtual server
server {
server_name website2.co www.website2.co;
listen 80;
root /home/website2/public_html;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
access_log /var/log/virtualmin/website2_access_log;
error_log /var/log/virtualmin/website2_error_log;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/website2/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/website2/public_html;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
include fastcgi.conf;
}
location / {
client_max_body_size 10m;
client_body_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_send_timeout 90;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_buffers 4 256k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 256k;
proxy_temp_file_write_size 256k;
proxy_connect_timeout 30s;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
}
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /home/website2/ssl.cert;
ssl_certificate_key /home/website2/ssl.key;
}
Any help would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Remove the below section from your nginx.conf
server {
listen 80;
# listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
#root /home/~;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
# Load configuration files for the default server block.
include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf;
error_page 404 /404.html;
location = /40x.html {
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
}
# zone which we want to limit by upper values, we want limit whole server
limit_conn conn_limit_per_ip 10;
limit_req zone=req_limit_per_ip burst=10 nodelay;
location ~* .(woff|eot|ttf|svg|mp4|webm|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
expires max;
}
gzip on;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log compression;
}
The server_name _; means any virtual host and hence it is the first thing to respond in your config. Rest of the virtual hosts are not consulted only
Edit - Aug 17
You have lot of mess in your configs, including includes from different directory. I would suggest you remove nginx and reinstall and modify the base config again. Also you are using httpd also in your setup.
The proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080; means that anything that is not php is getting proxied to your httpd server and your actually root is not being used only.
Your try_files $uri $uri/ =404; should not be inside the location ~ \.php$ { block, rather it should be inside the location \ { block. Also there should be no proxy_pass in your location \ { block