server { listen 80 default_server; listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; root /usr/share/nginx/html; server_name web01.mjanja.co.ke; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } error_page 404 /404.html; error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root /usr/share/nginx/html; } location ~ \.php$ { # Zero-day exploit defense. # http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,page=3 # Won't work properly (404 error) if the file is not stored on this server, which is entirely possible with php-fpm/php-fcgi. # Comment the 'try_files' line out if you set up php-fpm/php-fcgi on another machine. And then cross your fingers that you won't get hacked. try_files $uri =404; #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; fastcgi_pass php5-fpm-sock; fastcgi_index index.php; # set script path relative to document root in server block fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } }