[MM3-users] nginx configuration on a multitasking server

10 Dec 2021

      Couple of questions about the sample nginx configuration given in the
venv doc and the Mailman Mailman Suite Documentation v. 3.3 PDF:
server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;

server_name MY_SERVER_NAME;
location /static/ {
     alias /opt/mailman/web/static/;
}

location / {
        proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:8000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;

}
ssl_certificate /path-to-ssl-certs/cert.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /path-to-ssl-certs/privkey.pem;
}

At least on my system, the proxy_pass statement will only run without
errors if I change this to a fully formed URL, e.g., 'proxy_pass
http://127.0.0.1:8000'. Is this a typo in the docs?

What document root(s) and alias(es) to use for Postorius and
Hyperkitty and the Django admin on a server that also runs other
services (e.g., Postfix for non-list mail and Roundcubemail)?

With MM2, I use location statements with their own root and aliases:
     location /mailman {
       root  /usr/lib/cgi-bin;
       fastcgi_split_path_info (^/mailman/[^/]+)(/.*)$;
       fastcgi_pass  unix:///var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
       include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME \ 
$document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO       $fastcgi_path_info;
}
     location /images/mailman {
       alias /var/lib/mailman/icons;
     }

     location /icons {
       alias /var/lib/mailman/icons;
     }

     location /pipermail {
       alias /var/lib/mailman/archives/public;
       autoindex on;
     }
What is the MM3 equivalent way to do this?
I think root would be somewhere under /opt/mailman but don't know
exactly where, or which locations to point to.
Many thanks!
dn

[MM3-users] nginx configuration on a multitasking server

David Newman