Nginx server block for running a Drupal workshop. This is not considered fast of secure, it is for development purposes.

nginx_server_block.conf

  server {
    listen 8080;
    server_name localhost;

    root /var/www/workshop/drupal;
    index index.php;

    access_log /var/www/workshop/access.log;
    error_log /var/www/workshop/error.log;

    location = /favicon.ico {
      log_not_found off;
      access_log off;
    }

    location / {
      # This is cool because no php is touched for static content
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }

    ## Drupal 7 generated image handling, i.e., imagecache in core. See:
    ## https://drupal.org/node/371374
    location ~* /sites/.*/files/styles/ {
      access_log off;
      expires 30d;
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }

    # Fighting with ImageCache? This little gem is amazing.
    location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ {
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }


    location @rewrite {
    # Some modules enforce no slash (/) at the end of the URL
    # Else this rewrite block wouldn't be needed (GlobalRedirect)
    #rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1&$args;
      rewrite ^ /index.php last;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
      fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
      #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
      include fastcgi_params;
      fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
      fastcgi_pass   unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
    }
  }