vBulletin Help with Rewrite Rules

Hi Guys,

This is the second server where I am using CentminMod
The main domain has Wordpress installed on root and VB (v4.2.1) installed on directory /forums/. It us using standard mod rewrite rules. (I am attaching my current .htaccess from inside forums directory).

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When I use rules as stated on Nginx and vBulletin 4.1.x inbuilt Friendly Urls It keeps downloading php files. Please help me here.

 

Hi,
Sorry I think I didn't make it clear first. I am using VB forum on sub-domain (domain.com/fourms/) and with Apache I was using the above rewrite rules for using VB SEO friendly URLs. (i.e. That comes standard with VB, No VBSeo hack)

But when move this forum to Nginx (using CentminMod) and following instructions given at Nginx and vBulletin 4.1.x inbuilt Friendly Urls It's not working. As soon as I access domain.com/fourms/ it downloads the php file.

So I need help getting VB Seo Friendly URL working.

Thanks

 

Here it is.

Code:

# redirect from non-www to www
# uncomment, save file and restart Nginx to enable
#server {
#            listen   80;
#            server_name domain.com;
#            return 301 $scheme://www.domain.com$request_uri;
#       }

  server {

  server_name domain.com www.domain.com;

  # ngx_pagespeed & ngx_pagespeed handler
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeed.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedhandler.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedstatslog.conf;

  # limit_conn limit_per_ip 16;
  # ssi  on;

  access_log /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/log/access.log combined buffer=32k;
  error_log /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/log/error.log;
  access_log /var/log/nginx/access.cache.log cache;

  root /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/public;

  location / {

  # block common exploits, sql injections etc
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/block.conf;

  # Enables directory listings when index file not found
  #autoindex  on;

  # Shows file listing times as local time
  #autoindex_localtime on;

  # Enable for vBulletin usage WITHOUT vbSEO installed
  #try_files            $uri $uri/ /index.php;
#Added for WP-Install at Root
#Permalink
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/wpsecure.conf;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/wpnocache.conf;
#Wp-Cache
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/phpwpcache.conf;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/wpcache.conf;
  }

  location /forums {
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
}

        }

location @rewrite {
        # Forum
        rewrite /forums/threads/.*                          /forums/showthread.php?$uri&$args      last;
        rewrite /forums/forums/.*                           /forums/forumdisplay.php?$uri&$args    last;
        rewrite /forums/members/.*                          /forums/member.php?$uri&$args          last;
        rewrite /forums/blogs/.*                            /forums/blog.php?$uri&$args            last;
        rewrite /forums/entries/.*                          /forums/entry.php?$uri&$args           last;

        # MVC
        rewrite ^/forums/(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$            /forums/$1.php?r=$2                    last;
}
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/drop.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/errorpage.conf;
}

Other than standard install, I have only added "Advanced Nginx Wordpress configuration + fastcgi_cache + Nginx Helper plugin" without the plugin from Nginx Wordpress Configuration Examples for rewrite rules & FastCGI Caching

 

Errr .. That was a stupid mistake

Retracing my steps, I believe I commented it out since I am using fastcgi_cache from wp-config page and have /usr/local/nginx/conf/phpwpcache.conf instead.
Should have thought of it ..

Works perfectly now
You are awesome ..