[Nginx] Please help me set root for api and normal site [solved, but seeks simplier approach?]

[leocflam]

I want to set

all request to mysite.dev/ pointing to /www/mysite/public/ (as usual Laravel)
then all other api request to mysite.dev/api/* ... to /www/api.mysite/public/ (pointing to Lumen)

In apache this can be done as

define ROOT "/var/www/mysite/public/"
define API "/var/www/api.mysite/public/index.php"
define SITE "hk.mysite.com"
<VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot "${ROOT}"
    ServerName ${SITE}
	  ServerAlias *.${SITE}
	  AliasMatch ^/api(.*) "${API}"

    <Directory "${ROOT}">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

But I cannot figure out how this can be done in Nginx for days.. : /
Help will be greatly appreciated!!

The problem is solved.

server {
    listen 80;
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name marfair.dev *.marfair.dev;
    root "D:/development/laragon/www/marfair/public/";
    
    index index.html index.htm index.php;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ^~ /api/ {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
    }
    
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass php_upstream;		
        #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    # Enable SSL
    ssl_certificate "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/marfair.dev.crt";
    ssl_certificate_key "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/marfair.dev.key";
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
	
	
    charset utf-8;
	
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

server {
    listen 8080;
    listen 4443 ssl;
    server_name marfair.dev *.marfair.dev;
    root "D:/development/laragon/www/api.marfair/public/";
    
    index index.php index.html index.htm ;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }
    
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass php_upstream;      
        #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    # Enable SSL
    ssl_certificate "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/marfair.dev.crt";
    ssl_certificate_key "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/marfair.dev.key";
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    
    
    charset utf-8;
    
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

[leocflam]

@leocflam

The solution is here. Credit to http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/134087/nginx-server-config-with-multiple-locations-does-not-work

He gave two approaches. Here is the one I use two server and proxy pass to different port:

But can anyone provide an approach using ^~ /api/ alias ?

server {
    listen 80;
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name mysite.dev *.mysite.dev;
    root "D:/development/laragon/www/mysite/public/";
    
    index index.html index.htm index.php;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ^~ /api/ {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
    }
    
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass php_upstream;		
        #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    # Enable SSL
    ssl_certificate "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/mysite.dev.crt";
    ssl_certificate_key "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/mysite.dev.key";
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
	
	
    charset utf-8;
	
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

server {
    listen 8080;
    listen 4443 ssl;
    server_name mysite.dev *.mysite.dev;
    root "D:/development/laragon/www/api.mysite/public/";
    
    index index.php index.html index.htm ;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }
    
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass php_upstream;      
        #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    # Enable SSL
    ssl_certificate "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/mysite.dev.crt";
    ssl_certificate_key "D:/development/laragon/etc/ssl/mysite.dev.key";
    ssl_session_timeout 5m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    
    
    charset utf-8;
    
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

[leokhoa]

Thanks @leocflam