Drupal 8 Nginx Configuration

drupalnginx.conf

server {
    listen 80; # redundant in new nginx versions
    server_name domain.com;
    root /var/www/html/drupal;

    access_log off;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;

    location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ {
        return 403;
    }

    # Block access to "hidden" files and directories whose names begin with a
    # period. This includes directories used by version control systems such
    # as Subversion or Git to store control files.
    location ~ (^|/)\. {
        return 403;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }

    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^ /index.php;
    }
    
    # Added this to enable installing themes
    rewrite ^/core/authorize.php/core/authorize.php(.*)$ /core/authorize.php$1;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        set $no_cache "";
        if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD)$) {
            set $no_cache "1";
        }

        if ($no_cache = "1") {
            add_header Set-Cookie "_mcnc=1; Max-Age=2; Path=/";
            add_header X-Microcachable "0";
        }

        if ($http_cookie ~ SESS) {
            set $no_cache "1";
        }

        fastcgi_no_cache $no_cache;
        fastcgi_cache_bypass $no_cache;
        #fastcgi_cache microcache;
        fastcgi_cache_key $server_name|$request_uri;
        fastcgi_cache_valid 404 30m;
        fastcgi_cache_valid 200 1s;
        fastcgi_max_temp_file_size 1M;
        fastcgi_cache_use_stale updating;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_pass_header Set-Cookie;
        fastcgi_pass_header Cookie;
        fastcgi_ignore_headers Cache-Control Expires Set-Cookie;

        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

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

    # Catch image styles for D7 too.
    location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/styles/ {
        try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }
}

location ~ ../..php$

WARNING, this is posted all over the web but only works for hidden directories:
see https://drupal.stackexchange.com/a/260534/16651