FIX: #0 Use symlink and root-based routing for Nginx to bypass alias bugs

dev/setup/nginx/setup_nginx.py

@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 import os
+import subprocess
+
+# Create symlink from /var/www/html/dolibarrbeta to the actual htdocs folder
+symlink_path = '/var/www/html/dolibarrbeta'
+target_path = '/home/ubuntu/dolibarrbeta/htdocs'
+
+try:
+    if os.path.islink(symlink_path) or os.path.exists(symlink_path):
+        os.remove(symlink_path)
+    os.symlink(target_path, symlink_path)
+    print(f"Created symlink {symlink_path} -> {target_path}")
+except Exception as e:
+    # If standard user cannot do it, let's print message or handle it via subprocess in bash
+    print(f"Symlink creation message: {e}")
 
 filepath = '/etc/nginx/sites-available/default'
 
 if os.path.exists(filepath):
     content = open(filepath).read()
-    if 'location ^~ /dolibarrbeta' not in content:
-        idx = content.find('location / {')
-        if idx != -1:
-            block = r"""location ^~ /dolibarrbeta {
+    
+    # Remove any old alias block if it exists
+    old_block_marker = 'location ^~ /dolibarrbeta'
+    if old_block_marker in content:
+        # We can clean up the configuration file by removing the old block
+        # To be safe, we will rewrite the file cleanly with the new root block
+        content = content.replace(r'''    location ^~ /dolibarrbeta {
         alias /home/ubuntu/dolibarrbeta/htdocs;
         index index.php;
         try_files $uri $uri/ /dolibarrbeta/index.php?$args;
@@ -17,6 +34,22 @@ if os.path.exists(filepath):
             fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
             fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
         }
+    }''', '')
+
+    # Insert the new correct root-based location block
+    if 'location /dolibarrbeta' not in content:
+        idx = content.find('location / {')
+        if idx != -1:
+            block = r"""location /dolibarrbeta {
+        root /var/www/html;
+        index index.php;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /dolibarrbeta/index.php?$args;
+
+        location ~ \.php$ {
+            include fastcgi_params;
+            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
+        }
     }
 
     """