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

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

After restarting Nginx MediaWiki should work with short urls.