.htaccess not working on NGINX server. Please help me how to make it work to support Q2A Site

Question

I have moved my q2a site from Apache server to the NGINX server for better performance and speed.

But the first url structure require .htaccess to work but it is not working on NGINX and the first url not working.

I have tried some tips provided in this site Q&A but still it is not working.

I need this url sturcture

/123/why-do-birds-sing (requires htaccess file)

Code written in .htaccess file:

Options -Indexes

DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$

RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

</IfModule>

How to convert this code to work in NGINX server?

Please help 

Answer 1

On your webserver terminal enter this:

sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/default 

Then add the lines in the following link to the right position

https://www.question2answer.org/qa/43081/the-correct-rule-of-rewrite-for-nginx