nginx/php-fpm configuration for Gallery3.

gallery3.conf

[gallery3]   
user = vhost-user
group = vhost-group
listen = /tmp/gallery3-example-com.sock
listen.group = www-data
listen.mode = 0660
 
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 5
pm.min_spare_servers = 1
pm.max_spare_servers = 3
pm.max_requests = 500

nginx.conf

# gallery3.example.com definition
server {
  server_name gallery3.example.com;
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
 
  root /srv/www/http-gallery3-example-com;
  access_log /var/log/nginx/access-gallery3.example.com.log;
  index index.php;
 
  location / {
    location ~ /(index\.php/)?(.+)$ {
      try_files $uri /index.php?kohana_uri=$2&$args;
 
      location ~ /\.(ht|tpl(\.php?)|sql|inc\.php|db)$ {
        deny all;               
      }                 
 
      location ~ /var/(uploads|tmp|logs) {
        deny all;               
      }                 
 
      location ~ /bin { 
        deny all;               
      }                 
 
      location ~ /var/(albums|thumbs|resizes) {
        rewrite ^/var/(albums|thumbs|resizes)/(.*)$ /file_proxy/$2 last;
      }                 
 
      location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|ttf)$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php?kohana_uri=$uri&$args;
        expires 30d;            
      }                 
    }           
 
    location = /index.php {
      fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; 
      fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/gallery3-example-com.sock;
      fastcgi_index index.php;
      fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
      include fastcgi_params;
    }           
  }     
 
}

Awsome! This is a far better nginx configuration than the one from the Gallery3 Wiki. Thank you!

To be "perfect", however, it would need to be able to deal with the album cover thumbnails as well, which have URLs like: http://gallery.betatechnologies.info/var/thumbs/album%20full%20name/.album.jpg?m=1392042977

This might require another rule for things starting with .album.jpg — currently this gives a "forbidden" error. I've tried to tweak the configuration a bit, but without any luck.

It's usually forbidden by generic rules because file starts with a dot. Simply add similar rule before restrictive one :

location ~ /var/thumbs/.*/.album.jpg {}

Hope this helps,
V

hi i tried your config, but i see only a blank page.. i know the issue is into php... i amusing this as php block
location = /index.php {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
include fastcgi_params;

nvm i fixed it but now i cant login... gallery seem to work

nvm i fixed it but now i cant login... gallery seem to work

Did you ever manage to login again? Because I cannot...

After years (literally!) of nightmares, I finally found out what was wrong with my configuration...

You have to change this on config.php:

$config["index_page"]=""

... or else, Gallery3 will not work under nginx. Duh! So simple...

Here's the reference (which also cites this very same gist): http://jonamiller.com/2015/02/15/gallery3-on-nginx/

Kudos to @jonmiller for having found a working solution. Gallery3 is now purring like a kitty under PHP 7.4, and soon (hopefully) under 8.0 as well!