htaccess to nginx configuration - apache

Question

I have two htaccess files one for a website (root folder) and one for its admin panel (admin folder):
root
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^admin/(.*)$ admin/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^sign-out$ index.php?act=auth-signOut [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^get/(.*)$ index.php?pag=download&id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^g/(.*)$ callback.php?act=download-download&id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^activate/(.*)$ index.php?act=auth-activate&u=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?pag=cms&title=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
/admin
RewriteRule ^sign-in$ views/login.html [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^sign-out$ index.php?act=auth-logout [NC,L,QSA]
I was able to convert the website part to nginx config rules but when I add the admin section it doesn't work. Any help is appreciated.
server {
listen 80;
server_name fileorbs.com;
root /var/www/fileorbs/public_html;
index index.php index.html;
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri /index.php =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?pag=cms&title=$1&code=$2;
}
rewrite ^/admin/(.*)$ /admin/$1 last;
rewrite ^/sign-out$ /index.php?act=auth-signOut last;
rewrite ^/get/(.*)$ /index.php?pag=download&id=$1 last;
rewrite ^/g/(.*)$ /index.php?act=download-download&id=$1 last;
rewrite ^/activate/(.*)$ /index.php?act=auth-activate&u=$1 last;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /admin {
rewrite ^/sign-in$ /views/login.html last;
rewrite ^/sign-out$ /index.php?act=auth-logout last;
}
}

Answer 1

Note, that apache first checks root-.htaccess, then goes to /admin.
Nginx uses location as preferred match. These are two totally different methods.
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/request_processing.html
Adding last to every rewrite you tell nginx "perform that rewrite", so in fact, your /admin location is not processes anywhere now.
http://nginx.org/ru/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html#rewrite
Also, what exactly should that rule do? As I undestand, it just redirects to itself one time:
RewriteRule ^admin/(.*)$ admin/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
rewrite ^/admin/(.*)$ /admin/$1 last;
If I understanded your config right, something like that should work:
server {
listen 80;
server_name fileorbs.com;
root /var/www/fileorbs/public_html;
index index.php index.html;
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri /index.php =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?pag=cms&title=$1&code=$2;
}
rewrite ^/sign-out$ /index.php?act=auth-signOut last;
rewrite ^/get/(.*)$ /index.php?pag=download&id=$1 last;
rewrite ^/g/(.*)$ /index.php?act=download-download&id=$1 last;
rewrite ^/activate/(.*)$ /index.php?act=auth-activate&u=$1 last;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /admin {
rewrite ^/admin/(.*)$ /admin/$1 break;
rewrite ^/sign-in$ /views/login.html last;
rewrite ^/sign-out$ /index.php?act=auth-logout last;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}