Nginx conf - templates for Backdrop CMS - Drupal

kurageart · February 4, 2020, 11:23pm

Hi, I’m in the process to move my sites from a server where I have Vesto to one where I have an Hestia Installation.
I Installed the Nginx + php version only, no apache (Lemp?)
I have a problem with the first site migrated : a Drupal based Backdrop CMS installation:
using the default configs, I had to disable clean urls to make it work…
On Vesta, I could simply select the “Drupal Nginx Template” i domain panel, and everything would work. Here I can select the php version I wanna use, but it haves little use with drupal…
I assume on Hestia I will have to modify the files: /home/admin/conf/web/domainname/ nginx.conf and nginx.ssl.conf to make it work, but using the relevant part of vesta configuration I just get a 500 error, even after restarting nginx… any help? Is there also any way to implement “templates”? I’m concerned that at the first update I will lose the modification to the nginx.conf files that I made…

Lupu · February 5, 2020, 3:10am

Hello @kurageart nginx+fpm will give you the same templates you had on Vesta, if you see something different please share your full Hestia install cmd

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 7:09am

For the migration part: you can use v-restore-user script with vesta backups, we’re still compatible with it.

Do not touch the configuration files in /home/user/conf, they will be rebuild on every upgrade and would got lost.

As @Lupu already wrote: You should have on a nginx+phpfpm installation the dropbox, if you use multiphp you can consider to upgrade to our release candidate 1.1.0, which have a reworked multiphp environment: Release data for version Ver 1.1

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 8:09am

well, I don’t have that panel… I assume it is in the domain configuration section, right? In “web templates”, I can only select the php version…

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 8:19am

I think web templates were not installed… Maybe I did some errors in installing Hestia…
root@vpn:~# v-list-web-templates
TEMPLATE
PHP-56
PHP-70
PHP-71
PHP-72
PHP-73
default
root@vpn:~# v-list-web-templates-backend
TEMPLATE
root@vpn:~# v-list-w

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 8:22am

As @Lupu already wrote, please share your installation string. But basicly it looks like you’ve installed multiphp, so please consider to use the release candidate as written in my post. There you should get the dropdown.

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 8:26am

Ah, and well, since I’m here, I’m asking if there is a proper template to simply redirect 301 an old domain to the new one (all the pages). I managed to do that by editing the nginx conf for the old domain, but the changes will be lost, obviously, if I upgrade to rc candidate…
I think the installation string was this (just removed sensitive datas)
bash hst-install.sh -n yes -w yes -t no -c no -x no -z no -b yes -i yes -m yes -l en -o yes \ -s myfullyqualifieddomain.com -e [email protected] -p MyPassword -a no -k no

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 8:27am

Just do the upgrade and let me know, if it works. If you post install strings, please consider to send them in full length, so we do not have to “decode” them on our own .

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 8:39am

Ah, I get what you mean. So, if i understand correctly, in current version if install multiphp, I don’t get the web templates, right? That’s why I’ll have to update to rc version…
bash hst-install.sh --nginx yes --phpfpm yes --spamassassin no --clamav no --exim no --dovecot no --fail2ban yes --iptables yes --mysql yes --lang en --multiphp yes \ --hostname myfullyqualifieddomain.com --email [email protected] --password MyPassword --apache no --named no

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 8:59am

Yes, you’re completly right, MultiPHP was reworked in the new release, which is currently in testing as RC.

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 9:26am

Updated… now I get both multiphp selector AND template selector… Have to wait for a records to propagate, then I’ll be able to know if everything works… Is there a way to redirect an old domain to a new one directly from hestiacp (using nginx)? As I said, for this specific old domain I had to manually alter the /home/admin/conf/web/domain.com/ nginx conf , nginx.ssl.conf . I know that using apache I would just have to create a proper .htaccess … but with nginx? Just as a suggestion, it would be great if it were a template for this specific task…

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 9:44am

you could do this over php redirect:

<?php
    header("Location: http://www.redirect.to.url.com/");
?>

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 9:46am

Oh, You mean creating an index.php file inside the old domain public_http folder with this code?

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 9:54am

Oh, well, it works for the homepage, but not for all the urls sill indexed by google…

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 10:08am

This is something you should be able to find on your own, if you would like to use nginx, you could also use the custom config include directives from our default templates:

github.com

hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/0af92af0168f4d02ed81dcf4e37f7c3f6d7926f7/install/deb/templates/web/nginx/default.stpl#L37


    location @fallback {
        proxy_pass      https://%ip%:%web_ssl_port%;
    }


    location ~ /\.ht    {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.svn/  {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.git/  {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.hg/   {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.bzr/  {return 404;}


    include %home%/%user%/conf/web/%domain%/nginx.ssl.conf_*;
}

So you could create a custom config under /home/user/conf/web/nginx/domain.tld/nginx.ssl.conf_yourconfig

tuxuser · February 5, 2020, 10:11am

you can redirect under server block google friendly with

server {
…
if ($host = ‘olddomain.com’) {
return 301 https://www.newdomain.com$request_uri;
}

Raphael · February 5, 2020, 10:29am

As I already wrote: I do not suggest to edit the nginx configuraiton files directy, better use the custom include for such actions - otherwise they will be overwritten on a new release.

Lupu · February 5, 2020, 11:44am

I have tested this now and can confirm a custom nginx redirect works as expected, including all urls (not only homepage).

echo 'return 301 https://www.NEWDOMAIN.com$request_uri;' |sudo tee /home/USER/conf/web/OLDWEBDOMAIN/nginx.conf_redir
sudo systemctl reload nginx

ps: replace USER, OLDWEBDOMAIN, NEWDOMAIN with your values

@kurageart let us know if works on your setup too.

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 1:23pm

Not working here (debian 9 vps), but thanks. I believe that pointing the old domain to a new one is a quite common problematic, and it should be addressed by hestiacp itself, since people installing a control panel are not usually the most tech savy. This was also a quite asked topic on Vesta, I guess for now I’ll make a temp wordpress install with some sort of redirect plugin… But I’m very open to new solutions…

kurageart · February 5, 2020, 1:27pm

Well, actually, after few minutes, everything works, just as You said… in case of update it should keep working, right?