Nginx not making proxy_pass when getting files (other than index.html) from Apache's Document Root

Question

I think I'm chasing my own tail here and I've decided to ask all you gurus.

I have two machines, one has a reverse proxy Nginx and the other an Apache running several virtual hosts.

The nginx correctly does the proxy_pass and I'm able to view the index.html, but not any other file than that.

I attach the conf file for the nginx host (nbte.com.br, (192.168.4.30)) and the apache virtual host (SIPREPWWPRESS03.simosa.inet)

NGINX - 083-nbte.conf

server { listen 80; server_name nbte.com.br www.nbte.com.br; access_log /var/log/nginx/nbte.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/nbte.error.log error; error_page 404 403 /handle404.html; #error_page 502 503 504 /handle503.html; error_page 500 502 503 504 /handle500.html; location = /handle404.html { root html/errores-prxy; } location = /handle503.html { root html/errores-prxy; } location = /handle500.html { root html/errores-prxy; } location = / { proxy_pass http://SIPREPWWPRESS03.simosa.inet/; } 

SIPREPWWPRESS03.simosa.inet resolves to 192.168.16.79

APACHE - 021-nbte.conf

<VirtualHost 192.168.16.79:80> ServerName nbte.com.br ServerAlias nbte.com.br www.nbte.com.br DocumentRoot "/apps/htmlsites/nbte" ErrorLog "logs/error_nbte.log" CustomLog "logs/nbte-access.log" combined <LocationMatch "/*"> </LocationMatch> <Directory "/apps/htmlsites/nbte"> Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks #AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> # ModSecurity exceptions <LocationMatch "/*"> SecRuleRemoveById 990011 SecRuleRemoveById 960017 SecRuleRemoveById 960015 SecRuleRemoveById 970013 </LocationMatch> 

I've almost no experience with NGINX, I'm very very new to it and specially it's reverse proxy functioning. Nevertheless, I think it's a NGINX issue, since looking at the error log file I find error lines each time a static file is requested:

2015/06/25 12:00:04 [error] 5075#0: *1393 open() "/etc/nginx/html/Informacoes-Financeiras-30-junho-2014-Norte-Brasil-Transmissora-Energia.pdf" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 192.168.14.1, server: nbte.com.br, request: "GET /Informacoes-Financeiras-30-junho-2014-Norte-Brasil-Transmissora-Energia.pdf HTTP/1.1", host: "nbte.com.br", referrer: "http://nbte.com.br/" 2015/06/25 12:00:04 [error] 5075#0: *1393 open() "/etc/nginx/html/Informacoes-Financeiras-30-junho-2014-Norte-Brasil-Transmissora-Energia.pdf" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 192.168.14.1, server: nbte.com.br, request: "GET /Informacoes-Financeiras-30-junho-2014-Norte-Brasil-Transmissora-Energia.pdf HTTP/1.1", host: "nbte.com.br", referrer: "http://nbte.com.br/" 

The file Informacoes-Financeiras-30-junho-2014-Norte-Brasil-Transmissora-Energia.pdf is located inside Apache's document root /apps/htmlsites/nbte alog with index.html

Many thanks in advance. Any help is really appreciated.

Answer 1

This

location = / { proxy_pass http://SIPREPWWPRESS03.simosa.inet/; } 

Should be

location / { proxy_pass http://SIPREPWWPRESS03.simosa.inet/; } 

As per http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#location

location = / {
# matches the query / only.
[ configuration A ]
}

location / {
# matches any query, since all queries begin with /, but regular
# expressions and any longer conventional blocks will be
# matched first.
[ configuration B ]

Example requests:

/ -> configuration A
/index.html -> configuration B