Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Walter Byrd -
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Much of the instructions in the moodle docs

https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Nginx

depend on putting a "location" directive in the nginx.conf file. But when I tried that I got:

"location" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:87


I am using nginx-1.14.2. My system tells me that is the latest version. But, in the docs, I think they are using nginx-1.15. I don't know if that would have anything to do with it.

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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Howard Miller -
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There are loads of answers to this if you Google the error message. For example...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20392741/nginx-errorlocation-directive-is-not-allowed-here-in-etc-nginx-nginx-conf76
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Walter Byrd -
That thread is nearly seven years old. I don't think nginx works the same today as it did then. For example, nginx does allow me to put a "location" directive in the nginx file.
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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It allowed me, just seven days ago! big grin

Did you read the StackOverflow link Howard provided?
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Walter Byrd -
From yesterday:

# cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
2020/08/23 17:01:32 [emerg] 27985#27985: "location" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:87

It looks to me like, with my setup, "server" and "location" is in the "sites-enabled/default file" and/or the "sites-available/default" file.
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Howard Miller -
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Ok - but it's an nginx issue rather than a Moodle one. If you're still stuck you might get more help in an nginx forum. However, you need to get that 'slasharguments' code working.
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Walter Byrd -
These are the first four lines of my nginx.conf file:

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

Notice that include statement?

I am guessing that I need to create a /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/moodle.conf; file.

I am further guessing that I need to put the "server" and "location" directives there.

I am posting in the nginx forums. If I find a solution, I will post here.
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Re: Problem with moodle docs for nginx install

by Walter Byrd -
Update.
I created a sites-enabled/moodle.conf file. I included the "location" directive from moodle docs.
Nginx seems to run. Nginx will work with php, but not javascript.
When I try to install Moodle. I get the following in my error log:

2020/08/24 12:43:12 [error] 20154#20154: *7 open() "/var/www/html/moodle/theme/styles.php/boost/1598217947_1/all" failed (20: Not a directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: _, request: "GET /moodle/theme/styles.php/boost/1598217947_1/all HTTP/1.1", host: "myserver", referrer: "http://myserver/moodle/user/editadvanced.php?id=2"

2020/08/24 12:43:12 [error] 20154#20154: *7 open() "/var/www/html/moodle/lib/javascript.php/1598217947/lib/mdn-polyfills/polyfill.js" failed (20: Not a directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: _, request: "GET /moodle/lib/javascript.php/1598217947/lib/mdn-polyfills/polyfill.js HTTP/1.1", host: "myserver", referrer: "http://myserver/moodle/user/editadvanced.php?id=2"
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