Nginx Integration Guide

 

Integrating Prerender into Your Nginx Server

All example configurations are available on this GitHub link below.
View source on GitHub.

View the Nginx config here.

Nginx Use Cases for Prerender Integration

• Single Page Application
• PHP application
• Reverse proxy

 

 

Single Page Application

Video Guide:

Text guide:

1. Open the Nginx Single Page Application code on our GitHub repository.

2. It is recomended to make a backup from the Nginx config file.

3. Add the map{...} sections from Github under your http{...} blocks in the config file.

4. Add the following code section to your location / {..} block

            if ($prerender = 1) {
                rewrite (.*) /prerenderio last;
            }

5. Add the location /prerenderio {...} block to your server block under the location / {..} block.

6. Replace the YOUR_TOKEN place holder with your Prerender.io Token from the Security and Access menu.

7. Run a Nginx config test and restart it if successful.

 

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PHP Application

Video guide:

Text guide:

1. Open the Nginx PHP application code on our GitHub repository.

2. It is recomended to make a backup from the Nginx config file.

3. Add the map{...} sections from Github in fron of the server block in the config file.

4. Add the following code section to your location / {..} block

        location / {
            if ($prerender = 1) {
                rewrite (.*) /prerenderio last;
            }
            rewrite (.*) /index.php$1 last;
        }

5. Add the location /prerenderio {...} block to your server block under the location / {..} block.

6. Replace the YOUR_TOKEN place holder with your Prerender.io Token from the Security and Access menu.

7. Add the following if statement in your ~ [^/].php(/|$) location block:

            if ($prerender = 1) {
                rewrite (.*) /prerenderio last;
            }

8. Run a Nginx config test and restart it if successful.

 

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Reverse proxy

Video guide:

Text guide:

1. Open the Nginx Reverse proxy code on our GitHub repository.

2. It is recomended to make a backup from the Nginx config file.

3. Add the map{...} sections from Github under your http{...} blocks in the config file.

4. Add the following code section to your location / {..} block

            if ($prerender = 1) {
                rewrite (.*) /prerenderio last;
            }

5. Add the location /prerenderio {...} block to your server block under the location / {..} block.

6. Replace the YOUR_TOKEN place holder with your Prerender.io Token from the Security and Access menu.

7. Run an Nginx config test and restart it if successful.

 

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