URL rewriting in nginX

Question

We currently run Apache and use .htaccess to rewrite URLs in several scripts including WordPress and OpenCart.

For performance reasons, we would like to move to a nginX+Varnish stack. How can we handle URL rewriting in nginX, and can we automate it, just the way WordPress and OpenCart write (into) .htaccess

Answer 1

location ^~ /location {
  # some code else rewrite
  rewrite ^/your_rules # Or
  try_files $uri @rewrite_loc;
}

location @rewrite_loc {
  # some code
  # I guess you are not talking about proxy_pass
}

yes you can use Nginx just how you use with Apache and .htaccess, just need to define good rewrite rules.