Example of a default server configuration for Nginx (sites-available/default).

default

server {
	listen 80 default; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
	listen [::]:80 default ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6

	# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
	server_name localhost;
	server_name_in_redirect off;

	charset utf-8;

	access_log	/usr/share/nginx/access.log;
	error_log	/usr/share/nginx/error.log;

	root /usr/share/nginx/www;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	location / {
		# First attempt to serve request as file, then
		# as directory, then trigger 404
		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

		server_name_in_redirect off;
	}

	# pass the PHP scripts to FPM socket
	#
	location ~ \.php$ {
		try_files $uri =404;

		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
		# NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
	
		fastcgi_pass php;

		fastcgi_index index.php;

		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME	/usr/share/nginx/www$fastcgi_script_name;
		fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT	/usr/share/nginx/www;

		# send bad requests to 404
		fastcgi_intercept_errors on;

		include fastcgi_params;
	}
}