CentOS - Oct 2014 - Right way to install phpMyAdmin through Nginx and PHP-FPM

First I know this is not a list for PHP or Nginx setup or something else
but I'll give it a try and ask here for support I'm running a new server
with PHP 5.5.18 and Nginx 1.6.2 through FPM/FastCGI. The server is working
fine since I have other websites running on it. Now I'm trying to configure
phpMyAdmin and I tried this:

* 1. *Create a file under `/etc/nginx/sites-available/phpMyAdmin with this
content:

        server {
               server_name phpmyadmin.dev pma;
               root /usr/share/phpMyAdmin;

               location / {
                   index  index.php;
               }

               ## Images and static content is treated different
               location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|xml)$ {
                   access_log        off;
                   expires           360d;
               }

               location ~ /\.ht {
                   deny  all;
               }

               location ~ /(libraries|setup/frames|setup/libs) {
                   deny all;
                   return 404;
               }

               location ~ \.php$ {
                   include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
                   fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
                   fastcgi_index index.php;
                   fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $root$fastcgi_script_name;
               }

               access_log /var/log/nginx/phpmyadmin/access.log;
               error_log /var/log/nginx/phpmyadmin/error.log;
        }
 But any time I restart Nginx service I got this error:

 nginx: [emerg] unknown "root" variable
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

* 2. *Create a symbolic link in `/var/www/html` to the route where
phpMyAdmin was installed `/usr/share/phpMyAdmin` by running `ln -s
/usr/share/phpMyAdmin/ /var/www/html` that way Nginx start fine but when I
go to `http://devserver/phpMyAdmin` I got `Access denied.`

What I'm doing wrong? What is the right way to configure the server in
order to serve phpMyAdmin as any other site?

If SElinux is in enforcing mode, check /var/log/audit/audit.log for
messages with "denied" to nginx trying accessing your pma path.
Or altermatevely you could run
audit2why -brvw,
provided you have installed the required rpm the above command is part of
beforehand. (Smth like python-policy-blah. Can't tell from the top of my
head)
On Oct 29, 2014 9:25 PM, "reynierpm at gmail.com" <reynierpm at
gmail.com> wrote:
> First I know this is not a list for PHP or Nginx setup or something else
> but I'll give it a try and ask here for support I'm running a new
server
> with PHP 5.5.18 and Nginx 1.6.2 through FPM/FastCGI. The server is working
> fine since I have other websites running on it. Now I'm trying to
configure
> phpMyAdmin and I tried this:
>
> * 1. *Create a file under `/etc/nginx/sites-available/phpMyAdmin with this
> content:
>
>         server {
>                server_name phpmyadmin.dev pma;
>                root /usr/share/phpMyAdmin;
>
>                location / {
>                    index  index.php;
>                }
>
>                ## Images and static content is treated different
>                location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|xml)$ {
>                    access_log        off;
>                    expires           360d;
>                }
>
>                location ~ /\.ht {
>                    deny  all;
>                }
>
>                location ~ /(libraries|setup/frames|setup/libs) {
>                    deny all;
>                    return 404;
>                }
>
>                location ~ \.php$ {
>                    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
>                    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
>                    fastcgi_index index.php;
>                    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $root$fastcgi_script_name;
>                }
>
>                access_log /var/log/nginx/phpmyadmin/access.log;
>                error_log /var/log/nginx/phpmyadmin/error.log;
>         }
>  But any time I restart Nginx service I got this error:
>
>  nginx: [emerg] unknown "root" variable
> nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
>
> * 2. *Create a symbolic link in `/var/www/html` to the route where
> phpMyAdmin was installed `/usr/share/phpMyAdmin` by running `ln -s
> /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/ /var/www/html` that way Nginx start fine but when I
> go to `http://devserver/phpMyAdmin` I got `Access denied.`
>
> What I'm doing wrong? What is the right way to configure the server in
> order to serve phpMyAdmin as any other site?
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Dear list members, sorry for top posting. Couldn't find a respective
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From: "reynierpm at gmail.com" <reynierpm at gmail.com>
>                location ~ \.php$ {
>                    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
>                    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
>                    fastcgi_index index.php;
>                    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $root$fastcgi_script_name;
>                }
> ...
> nginx: [emerg] unknown "root" variable
> nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Maybe you meant to use '$document_root' ...

JD