Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS with NGINX + PHP-FPM

ubuntu_server_12_04_nginx_php_fpm_subversion.sh

# upgrade the server
locale-gen UTF-8
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

# install nginx
add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install nginx

# install php
apt-get install php5 php5-fpm php5-mysql

# install subversion
apt-get install subversion

# add user for nginx
adduser --system --no-create-home nginx

# configure nginx.conf
tee -a /etc/nginx/sites-available/DOMAINNAME <<EOF
# rewrite www to DOMAINNAME
server {
  server_name  www.DOMAINNAME;
  rewrite ^(.*) http://DOMAINNAME$1 permanent;
}

server {
  listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on;
  listen 80;

  server_name  DOMAINNAME;
  root         /var/apps/APPNAME;
  index        index.php;

  # Logging
  access_log  /var/log/nginx/DOMAINNAME.access.log;
  error_log  /var/log/nginx/DOMAINNAME.error.log notice;

  # serve static files directly
  location ~* \.(css|js|jpeg|jpg|gif|png|ico|xml)$ {
    access_log off;
    expires 30d;
  }

  # do not log robots and favicon
  location ~* ^/(favicon.ico|robots.txt)$ {
    access_log off;
    log_not_found off;
  }

  # restrict access to htaccess files
  location ~ /\.ht {
    deny all;
  }

  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm/DOMAINNAME.socket;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/apps/APPNAME$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_buffers 128 8k;
    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
  }
}
EOF
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/DOMAINNAME /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/DOMAINNAME

# configure php-fpm
mkdir -p /var/run/php5-fpm/
tee -a /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/DOMAINNAME.conf <<EOF
[DOMAINNAME]

listen = /var/run/php5-fpm/DOMAINNAME.socket
listen.backlog = -1

; Unix user/group of processes
user = APPUSER
group = www-data

; Choose how the process manager will control the number of child processes.
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 75
pm.start_servers = 10
pm.min_spare_servers = 5
pm.max_spare_servers = 20
pm.max_requests = 500

; Pass environment variables
env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
env[TMP] = /tmp
env[TMPDIR] = /tmp
env[TEMP] = /tmp

pm.start_servers = 10
pm.min_spare_servers = 5
pm.max_spare_servers = 20
pm.max_requests = 500

; Pass environment variables
env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
env[TMP] = /tmp
env[TMPDIR] = /tmp
env[TEMP] = /tmp

; host-specific php ini settings here
php_value[short_open_tag] = On
EOF

# create application folder
cd /var/apps
sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup www-data --disabled-password --disabled-login APPUSER
svn checkout https://username@domain.com/repo/branches/master APPNAME
chown APPUSER:www-data APPNAME

# run the server
service nginx start
service php-fpm start