Hi -

Thanks @Jim - I am using php-fcgi - you'll see it in the nginx.conf file below.

The nginx.conf file shown below now works in most cases - except for two nagging problems:

(1) When I browse to http://mydom.myhost.com/phpmyadmin/index.php (non-SSL protocol, with the index.php file explicitly provided), then instead of rewriting http -> https and rendering index.php in the browser, it displays a dialog offering to *save* the index.php file.

The http->https rewrite in the server listening at port 80 isn't getting done when I enter a URL http://mydom.myhost.com/phpmyadmin/index.php - but it is getting done when I just enter http://mydom.myhost.com/phpmyadmin. I don't know why - I thought "location /" matched *all* queries.

(2) Certain graphics on the main page of phpMyAdmin are missing - for example, the "Rainbow" graphic next to the Custom Color button (img id="myRainbow" src="js/mooRainbow/images/rainbow.png") .

Here's the nginx.conf file: server { listen 443; server_name mydom.myhost.com;

ssl on; ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/myssl.crt; ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/myssl.key;

access_log /usr/local/nginx/logs/phpmyadmin.access_log; error_log /usr/local/nginx/logs/phpmyadmin.error_log;

ssl_session_timeout 5m;

ssl_protocols SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1; ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

location /phpmyadmin/ { root /home/myname/sources/; index index.php; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param HTTPS on; include /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params.phpmyadmin; } }

server { listen 80; server_name myhost.mydom.com; location / { rewrite ^/phpmyadmin(.*) https://myhost.mydom.com/phpmyadmin$1 permanent; } }

This seems like it should be straightforward - I just want to serve phpMyAdmin from a sub-URL (mydom.myhost.com/phpmyadmin) instead of from a vhost (phpmyadmin.mydom.myhost.com) And I want to use SSL. (Actually I really just want to use SSL on the POST on the login page - but I haven't figured out how to shut off SSL for the other pages yet - which is gonna be a whole 'nother can of worms I guess.)

Thanks for any help.