URL Rewriting
=============
Kanboard is able to work indifferently with URL rewriting enabled or
not.
- Example of URL rewritten: ``/board/123``
- Otherwise: ``?controller=board&action=show&project_id=123``
If you use Kanboard with Apache and with the mode rewrite enabled, nice
URLs will be used automatically. In case you get a “404 Not Found”, you
might need to set at least the following overrides for your DocumentRoot
to get the .htaccess files working:
.. code:: sh
AllowOverride FileInfo Options=All,MultiViews AuthConfig
URL Shortcuts
-------------
- Go to the task #123: **/t/123**
- Go to the board of the project #2: **/b/2**
- Go to the project calendar #5: **/c/5**
- Go to the list view of the project #8: **/l/8**
- Go to the project settings for the project id #42: **/p/42**
Configuration
-------------
By default, Kanboard will check if the Apache mode rewrite is enabled.
To avoid the automatic detection of URL rewriting from the web server,
you can enable this feature in your config file:
.. code:: php
define('ENABLE_URL_REWRITE', true);
When this constant is at ``true``:
- URLs generated from command line tools will be also converted
- If you use another web server than Apache, for example Nginx or
Microsoft IIS, you have to configure yourself the URL rewriting
Note: Kanboard always fallback to old school URLs when it’s not
configured, this configuration is optional.
Nginx Configuration Example
---------------------------
In the section ``server`` of your Nginx config file you can use this
example:
.. code:: bash
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
# If Kanboard is under a subfolder
# try_files $uri $uri/ /kanboard/index.php;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
# Deny access to the directory data
location ~* /data {
deny all;
return 404;
}
# Deny access to .htaccess
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
return 404;
}
In your Kanboard ``config.php``:
.. code:: php
define('ENABLE_URL_REWRITE', true);
Another example with Kanboard in a subfolder:
::
server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
root /var/www/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name _;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ^~ /kanboard {
location /kanboard {
try_files $uri $uri/ /kanboard/index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ ^/kanboard/(?:kanboard|config.php|config.default.php) {
deny all;
}
location ~* /kanboard/data {
deny all;
}
location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param HTTPS on; # Use only if HTTPS is configured
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /kanboard/\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
}
Adapt the example above according to your own configuration.
Lighttpd Configuration Example
------------------------------
1. Enable "mod_rewrite"
.. code::
server.modules += (
"mod_rewrite",
...
...
)
1. Add url rewrites to the relevant sections of your lighttpd.conf (in this case, for host example.com). Also keep the assets directory and the favicon static:
.. code::
$HTTP["host"] == "example.com" {
server.document-root = "/var/www/kanboard/"
url.rewrite-once = (
"^(/[^\?]*)(\?.*)?" => "/index.php$2",
"^/assets/.+" => "$0",
"^/favicon\.png$" => "$0",
)
}
1. Reload the Lighttpd config:
.. code::
/etc/init.d/lighttpd reload
IIS Configuration Example
-------------------------
1. Download and install the Rewrite module for IIS: `Download
link `__
2. Create a web.config in you installation folder:
.. code:: xml
In your Kanboard ``config.php``:
.. code:: php
define('ENABLE_URL_REWRITE', true);
Adapt the example above according to your own configuration.