missing doc about server configuration... (apache, lighttpd, nginx)

[brikou]

Here is my rewrite rule for lighttpd server

url.rewrite-if-not-file = (
    "^/(?!app_[dev|test]+\.php/).*$" => "/app.php"
)

it was hard to find because lighttpd doesn't understand if not file as apache

[stof]

For nginx, I remember there is an issue about detecting it the request is secure or not but I don't remember needed config

This section should also explain how to use Symfony on servers written in PHP. Currently, there is https://github.com/bergie/MidgardAppServerBundle for AiP (which would need to be refactored IMO to be more flexible) and @igorw has a modified version of Pip that support Sf2

[mvrhov]

The nginx config is in this gist: https://gist.github.com/917200 it should be secure to use and commented enough for everybody to use.The only thing that it's missing from it is the general ssl configuration part, but it does have a ssl flag set for php.

[weaverryan]

I could get out-voted, but I think this is a good idea. Perhaps a new section in the coobook? It would be a nice thing to be able to reference from the installation chapter. Since I'm not qualified to put forward a lighttpd or nginx entry, would you guys care to bootstrap those? We'll also, obviously, need one for Apache. They don't need to be poetic, just accurate and with good code reference.

@mvrhov Your example is very good, but I would reduce it to just the basics for the entry. If there are some common "optional" entries, I'd mention them after showing the basics.

Thanks guys!

[brikou]

@weaverryan, here is my simplest lighttpd configuration...

edit app/config/lighttpd.txt

# app/config/lighttpd.txt

$HTTP["host"] =~ "^www\.acme\.com(?:\.localhost)?$" {
    # I added localhost suffix (as a personal convention) when accessing my development server

    url.access-deny = ( ) # anyone is allowed to access this website

    var.path = "/var/www/Acme/" # here is the root dir of my project

    server.document-root        = var.path + "web/"
    server.dir-listing          = "disable"

    # we could define log as part of the project but not mandatory
    #accesslog.filename          = var.path + "app/logs/lighttpd/access.log"
    #server.errorlog             = var.path + "app/logs/lighttpd/error.log"

    # this rewrite rule differs from appache's 
    url.rewrite-if-not-file = (
        "^/(?!app_[dev|test]+\.php/).*$" => "/app.php"
    )

    index-file.names = ( "app.php" )
}

include configuration to main config file

# /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

# ...
include "/var/www/Acme/app/config/lighttpd.txt"

an then restart the server

sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

and that's all! of course we could add info about cache

I think this is a very important issue, it would be nice to have at least a cookbook entry with all this abovementioned configs gathered together.

[weaverryan]

I think it would be appropriate to have some basic information/examples about each major web server in the reference section of the documentation, under some new header called "Web Server Configuration". I'd be happy to see any pull requests related to that. I'll be able to do it eventually, but the community outnumbers me :).

[ducin]

Hey guys! Seems like this topic is dead. I've prepared an initial version of this cookbook article: d682f4a
I know it's not perfect (hopefully, not far from perfect), but now it should be easier to continue and deliver a nice article. THe preview is available here: https://github.com/tkoomzaaskz/symfony-docs/blob/configuration_webservers/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst. What do you think about that?

[wouterj]

@tkoomzaaskz you should create a PR and put [WIP](work in progress) to you title. Then we can easy comment on it and you can easy edit it (just push your new commits to the same branch). If everything is ready you remove the [WIP] and say "@weaverryan it is ready to be merged"

The first thing you should do is read the Docs standards and edit your article confirm these standards.

[ducin]

@wouterj thanks for the comment. Pull request has been sent with WIP label: #1705.
Anyone having knowledge abut nginx and lighttpd please support me with creating this page.