Nginx configuration

Configuration file changes

This configuration example adds a named location called @sfc which replaces the usual invocation of TYPO3’s index.php. The @sfc location includes all checks necessary to decide whether the current request can be handled with a static file or needs to be directed to TYPO3. If all checks pass, the try_files directive is used to find the files in typo3temp/tx_staticfilecache/ and if unavailable, redirect to index.php.

In your nginx configuration you need to replace your ‘/’ location, which probably looks like the following:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}

By the following configuration:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @sfc;
}

# Special root site case. prevent "try_files $uri/" + "index" from skipping the cache
# by accessing /index.php directly
location =/ {
    recursive_error_pages on;
    error_page 405 = @sfc;
    return 405;
}

location @t3frontend {
    # Using try_files for ease of configuration demonstration here,
    # you can also fastcgi_pass directly to php here
    try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}

location @sfc {
    # Perform an internal redirect to TYPO3 if any of the required
    # conditions for StaticFileCache don't match
    error_page 405 = @t3frontend;

    # Query String needs to be empty
    if ($args != '') {
        return 405;
    }

    # We can't serve static files for logged-in BE/FE users
    if ($cookie_staticfilecache = 'typo_user_logged_in') {
        return 405;
    }
    if ($cookie_be_typo_user != '') {
        return 405;
    }

    # Ensure we redirect to TYPO3 for non GET/HEAD requests
    if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD)$ ) {
        return 405;
    }

    charset utf-8;
    default_type text/html;
    try_files /typo3temp/tx_staticfilecache/${scheme}_${host}_${server_port}${uri}/index
          /typo3temp/tx_staticfilecache/${scheme}_${host}_${server_port}${uri}
          =405;
}

location /typo3temp/tx_staticfilecache {
    deny all;
}

Extension configuration

Nginx does not interpret .htaccess files, therefore you may want to disable the htaccess genrator to prevent .htaccess generation.