Apache-like Configurations

ProxyPassReverse Equivalent

Apache

<VirtualHost myhost:80>
    ServerName myhost
    DocumentRoot /path/to/myapp/public
    ProxyPass / http://myapp:8080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://myapp:8080/
</VirtualHost>

NGINX

NGINX doesn't have ProxyPassReverse, but you can achieve the same result with headers:

server {
    listen myhost:80;
    server_name myhost;

    location / {
        root /path/to/myapp/public;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host:$server_port;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass http://myapp:8080;
    }
}

Note

For location header rewriting, you may also need proxy_redirect.

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Common Apache to NGINX Translations

Apache	NGINX
DocumentRoot	root
ServerName	server_name
<VirtualHost>	server { }
<Directory>	location
Options -Indexes	autoindex off
ErrorDocument 404	error_page 404
Allow from all	(default behavior)
Deny from all	deny all
RewriteRule	rewrite or try_files
ProxyPass	proxy_pass

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.htaccess Equivalent

NGINX doesn't support .htaccess files. All configuration must be in the server config.

Apache .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

NGINX

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}