Drupal 8 Nginx configuration

drupal-8.conf

# @file 
#   NGINX Configuration file for Drupal 8

# Redirect index to php.
location / {
  try_files $uri @rewrite;
}

# Allow but don't log access to /favicon.ico and /robots.txt
location ~ (^/favicon\.ico$|^/robots\.txt$) {
  access_log off;
  allow all;
  log_not_found off;
}

# Block access tot he vendor directory.
location ^~ /vendor/ {
  deny all;
  return 404;
}

# Allow / access to other core scripts.
location ~ ^/(install|rebuild|authorize)\.php$ {
  rewrite ^/(.*)$ /core$uri last;
}

# Enable clean urls for update.php
location ~ ^/update\.php/.*$ {
  rewrite ^ /update.php;
}

# Create the rewrite alias.
location @rewrite {
  rewrite ^ /index.php;
}

# Deny direct access to yaml files, private files, and settings.php files.
location ~ ((^|/)\.|^.*\.yml$|^/sites/.*/private/|^/sites/default/files/php/|^/core/[^/]+/.*\.php$|^/sites/[^/]+/.*settings.*\.php$) {
  return 404;
}

# Try to provide direct access to static assets, pass to drupal if an asset isn't avaiable.
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
  try_files $uri @rewrite;
  expires max;
  log_not_found off;
}

# Provides direct access to image style generated file.
# This directive will pass the request to drupal if the image asset does not exist.
location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/styles/ {
  try_files $uri @rewrite;
}

# Configure fastcgi for the site.
location ~ \.php$ {
  include       fastcgi_params;

  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;

  fastcgi_pass  unix:/usr/local/var/run/php7-fcgi.sock;
  fastcgi_read_timeout 2400;
  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO       $fastcgi_path_info;
  fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
  fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;
  fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
  fastcgi_index index.php;
}

#server {
#  listen 80;
#  server_name           foo.l;
#  
#  access_log            /usr/local/var/log/nginx/foo.l.access.log combined;
#  error_log             /usr/local/var/log/nginx/foo.l.error.log;
#
#  root      			      /var/www/html;
#  
#  include 				      apps/drupal-8.conf;
#}