File not found...

Sibert

I have installed Flarum on a Debian 10 using Nginx. I get "File not found" when entering https://forum.go4webdev.org/

I interpret this as it is pointing to Flarum, but I cannot figure out why I get this error.

On this server I host other sites proxied to other ports so port 443 and 80 are free for Flarum.

I have a sub domain "forum" and a DNS record pointing to the web server. I do not think it is a DNS issue.

Here is my Nginx setting for Flarum (and one other site)

server {
    server_name api2.go4webdev.org;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9999;
    }
}

server {
  server_name forum.go4webdev.org;
  root /var/www/flarum/public;

  index index.php;

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

  location ~* .php$ {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
  }
}

My PHP knowledge is at spelling level, so I am stucked. Any tip how to narrow down this is welcome.

clarkwinkelmann

Sibert where is the SSL configuration? I believe there's usually a listen directive as well as an ssl_certificate directive in an nginx https configuration. Maybe there's another configuration file with a different root directive that's used instead of the one you shared?

I see the URL you shared now returns a page, although it doesn't appear to be Flarum.

Sibert

First of all I think I did get nested folders when installing:
/var/www/flarum/flarum/public

So there was no index.php in this path /var/www/flarum/public/index.php

I corrected this and the path seems to be OK.

> ls /var/www/flarum/public
assets
index.php
web.config

And changed some settings in the Nginx settings:

server {
    server_name forum.go4webdev.org;

    listen 443;
    listen [::]:443;

    root /var/www/flarum/public;
    index index.php;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    location ~ /\. {
        deny all;
    }
    
    location = /favicon.ico {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }
    
    location = /robots.txt {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
        allow all;
    }
   include /var/www/flarum/.nginx.conf;
}

clarkwinkelmann where is the SSL configuration? I believe there's usually a listen directive as well as an ssl_certificate directive in an nginx https configuration. Maybe there's another configuration file with a different root directive that's used instead of the one you shared?

The certificate is taken care of by Cloudflare https://hosting.go4webdev.org/cloudflare

I see the URL you shared now returns a page, although it doesn't appear to be Flarum.

All my other sites are go executable proxied at different ports, but Flarum seems to be a collision with the main domain https://go4webdev.org

Any further tip how to track this down? It seems that the mix of proxied sites and a plain php (Flarum) could be one reason. How do I proxy a php site?

[deleted]

Make sure you are using PHP-FPM.

Sibert

[deleted] Make sure you are using PHP-FPM.

In Nginx or where? Any examples?

[deleted]

Sibert Yes. Have a look at
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-add-php-fpm-support-for-nginx-sites/

Sibert

[deleted] https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-add-php-fpm-support-for-nginx-sites/

Should I interpret that PHP FPM is an app engine, sort of? Creating an PHP executable?

server {
    server_name crud.go4webdev.org;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9098;
    }
}

server {
    server_name api.go4webdev.org;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:4321;
    }
}

server {
    server_name api2.go4webdev.org;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9999;
    }
}

etc...

I also have tested that the DNS service work as expected. The sub domain points to the correct go executable if I replace Flarum with a "hello world" test.

Hello, Flarum