Nginx Server Block Port 8081 Path to Root Folder

Question

I'm trying to password protect all of port 8081 on my Nginx server. The only thing this port is used for is PhpMyAdmin. When I navigate to https://www.example.com:8081, I successfully get the default Nginx welcome page. However, when I try navigating to the PhpMyAdmin directory, https://www.example.com:8081/phpmyadmin, I get a "404 Not Found" page.

Permission for my htpasswd file is set to 644.

Here is the code for my server block:

server {
listen 8081;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;
auth_basic            "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file  htpasswd;
}

I have also tried entirely commenting out #root /usr/share/phpmyadmin; However, it doesn't make any difference.

Is my problem confined to using the incorrect root path? If so, how can I find the root path for PhpMyAdmin?

If it makes any difference, I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with Nginx 1.4.6 and ISPConfig 3.0.5.4p3.

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xofer · Answer 1 · 2014-08-20T21:28:26.547

SSL is not enabled in this server. Try http://www.example.com:8081/

To get SSL to work, you'll need something like:

listen 8081 ssl;
ssl_certificate /path/to/your.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /path/to/your.key;
error_page 497 https://$host:$server_port$request_uri;

The error page line will redirect http://... to https://...

EDIT: here's a full server block that works for me -- I started testing this before I saw your answer which includes the PHP block :)

server {
    listen 8081 ssl;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/server.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/server.key;
    error_page 497 https://$host:$server_port$request_uri;

    server_name example.com www.example.com;
    root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;

    location / {
        auth_basic "Restricted Area";
        auth_basic_user_file htpasswd;

        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }
}

Thanks. However, when I go to http://www.example.com:8081/, I get "400 Bad Request The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port". Doesn't that mean that SSL is enabled? The SSL version, https://www.example.com:8081/, displays fine. It is only when I try going to https://www.example.com:8081/phpmyadmin that I get a "404 Not Found" page. — Pamela, Aug 19 '14 at 00:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

Thanks to masegaloeh for the following solution:

The solution is adding php-fpm section like this:

server {
listen 8081;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;

location / {
auth_basic            "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file  htpasswd;

include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/lib/php5-fpm/web11.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
}
}

Nginx Server Block Port 8081 Path to Root Folder

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