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color:#1F497D'>See <a href="http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpRewriteModule">http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpRewriteModule</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Assuming your doc root is /var/www/ws, try<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1
last;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>rewrite ^/(images|skins)\/(.*)$
http://images.testsite.com/$1/$2 &nbsp;last;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>You may need to add a forward slash in front of http in the
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
owner-nginx@sysoev.ru [mailto:owner-nginx@sysoev.ru] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew
Thornton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nginx@sysoev.ru<br>
<b>Subject:</b> converting apache rewrites to nginx<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello,<br>
<br>
I am currently trying to get a deployment ready in an attempt to migrate my
wiki from apache to nginx and php-fpm. Things have gone pretty smoothly so far,
but I am having a real problem with rewrite rules. Here is what is currently in
my apache config for a rewrite:<br>
<br>
&lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/ws/wiki&quot;&gt;<br>
RewriteEngine On<br>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f<br>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d<br>
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]<br>
RewriteRule ^(images|skins)\/(.*)$ http://images.testsite.com/$1/$2 [L]<br>
&lt;/Directory&gt;<br>
<br>
I have tried adding this a couple of different ways into the nginx config file
but it isn't working. Can someone give me a hand with this? Also, where can I
find docs on the rewrite functionality within nginx?<br>
<br>
I appreciate any and all help,<br>
<br>
Andrew<o:p></o:p></p>

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