Manual:Short URL/wiki/Page title -- nginx rewrite--root access

Modified from the configuration given on the official Nginx wiki.

Environment scenario:

• MediaWiki has been installed in /var/www/mediawiki directory
• wiki is to be served from wiki.example.com
• you want urls formated as /wiki/Page_Title

There are a few things you need to do:

Add the following text to either nginx.conf or in a new file /etc/nginx/sites-available/mediawiki:

 server {
   listen 80;
   server_name wiki.example.com;

   root /var/www/mediawiki;

   location / {
     index index.php5;
     error_page 404 = @mediawiki;
   }

   location @mediawiki {
     rewrite ^/([^?]*)(?:\?(.*))? /index.php5?title=$1&$2 last;
   }

   location ~ \.php5?$ {
     include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
     fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:8888;
     fastcgi_index index.php5;
     fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   }
 }

If you are using the sites-available approach above, symlink the configuration into sites-enabled

$ sudo ln -s ../sites-available/mediawiki /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Add the following lines to the end of your LocalSettings.php file:

$wgScriptPath       = "";
$wgArticlePath      = "/wiki/$1";
$wgUsePathInfo      = true;

After reloading the Nginx config, MediaWiki should work with short urls.

$ sudo service nginx reload

• RHEL 5.4 + Nginx + Mediawiki With HTTPS