nginx.conf
user www-data;
worker_processes 4;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
#multi_accept on;
}
http {
# Basic Settings
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 10 10;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
client_max_body_size 16m;
server_tokens off;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
# Logging Settings
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
# Gzip Settings
gzip on;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6].(?!.*SV1)";
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;
#gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
#gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
# Virtual Host Configs
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}
Sample virtual host conf:
server {
server_name knightsenglish.com www.knightsenglish.com;
root /var/www/knightsenglish.com;
include /etc/nginx/php.conf;
include /var/www/knightsenglish.com/nginx.conf;
error_page 404 = @wordpress;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}
#use fastcgi for all php files
location ~ .php$
{
try_files $uri @wordpress;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location @wordpress {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/index.php;
#fastcgi_index index.php;
#fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /index.php;
}
#Browsers always look for a favicon, I rather not flood my logs
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
#Make sure you hide your .hidden linux/unix files
location ~ /. { deny all; access_log off; log_not_found off; }
#caching static content for 7 days
location ~* .(jpg|png|gif|jpeg|doc|xls|pdf)$ {
expires 7d;
}
#We want Wordpress to handle the error page
fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
}