🌐 Path-Based Routing in Nginx

To serve different applications based on URL paths, configure Nginx with location blocks. Below is an example configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name asifahmadkhan.com;

    root /var/www/html/test/public;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location /routes {
        alias /var/www/html/routetest/public/;
        index index.html;
    }

# to see laravel logs on the browser
    location /logs {
        default_type text/plain;
        alias /var/www/html/screening-round/backend/storage/logs/laravel.log;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

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📌 Explanation

🔹 Root Configuration:

• server_name asifahmadkhan.com; → This specifies the domain name.
• root /var/www/html/test/public; → Sets the root directory for the default site.
• index index.php index.html; → Defines the default files to be served.

🔹 Handling Different Paths:

• 🏠 https://asifahmadkhan.com/ → Serves content from /var/www/html/test/public.
• 📁 https://asifahmadkhan.com/routes → Serves content from /var/www/html/routetest/public/.
• 🔄 try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; → Ensures clean URL handling.

🔹 PHP Processing:

• 🖥️ Uses fastcgi_pass to route PHP files to php8.2-fpm.sock.
• Sets SCRIPT_FILENAME to execute PHP scripts correctly.

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🎯 Key Takeaways

✅ Path-based Routing allows serving multiple apps under different paths.
✅ Easy to extend by adding more location blocks.
✅ Works with PHP applications using fastcgi_pass.
✅ Can be combined with subdomain-based routing for better organization.

🚀 Now, you can efficiently host multiple apps on a single server using Nginx! 🎉