Example nginx conf for Matrix

matrix-common

# Push 404's to the matrix handler, this means static 404's in __data are handled by matrix too
error_page  404 = @matrix;

# Redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
#location = /50x.html {
#    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
#}

# Just serve data files
location /__data {
    alias $matrix_root/data/public/;
    expires 6h;
    # There are php scripts in here too...
    location ~ asset_types/.*\.php$ {
        expires off;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^/__data/(.*)(.*);
        fastcgi_pass            $fcgi_path;
        fastcgi_param           SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include                 fastcgi_params;
    }
}

# Fudge and lib contain some php scripts, annoying.
location /__fudge {
    alias $matrix_root/fudge/;
    expires 6h;
    location ~ \.php$ {
        expires off;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^/__fudge/(.*)(.*);
        fastcgi_pass            $fcgi_path;
        fastcgi_param           SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include                 fastcgi_params;
    }
}
location /__lib {
    alias $matrix_root/core/lib/;
    expires 6h;
    location ~ \.php$ {
        expires off;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^/__lib/(.*)(.*);
        fastcgi_pass            $fcgi_path;
        fastcgi_param           SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include                 fastcgi_params;
    }
}

# Pass everything else to matrix handler
location / {
    fastcgi_pass    $fcgi_path;
    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root/core/web/index.php$fastcgi_script_name;
    include         fastcgi_params;
}
location @matrix {
    fastcgi_pass    $fcgi_path;
    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root/core/web/index.php$fastcgi_script_name;
    include         fastcgi_params;
}

# deny .inc, .FFV and CVS
location ~ \.inc$ {
    deny  all;
}
location ~ /(CVS|\.FFV)/ {
    deny all;
}

matrix.conf

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;

    set $matrix_root /var/www/html/squiz_matrix;
    set $fcgi_path unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock; 

    root $matrix_root;

    include conf.d/matrix-common;
}