Nginx Virtual Host example to work on localhost

domain.tld.conf

# Location: /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.tld.conf
server {
	listen 80;

	# listen 443 ssl;
	# include snippets/snakeoil.conf;

	root /var/www/domain.tld/public;

	index index.html index.php;

	server_name domain.tld www.domain.tld;

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

	location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
    		expires max;
    		log_not_found off;
  	}

	location ~ \.php$ {
		include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;	
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
	}
	
	location ~ /\. {
		deny all;
	}
	
}

hosts

# Location: /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.0.1   domain.tld

index.php

<?php
// Location: /var/www/domain.tld/public/index.php
phpinfo();

symlink.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Location: Anywhere
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.tld.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/domain.tld.conf;
sudo service nginx restart;

Change domain.tld by your domain.

1. Create the virtual host file like this: /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.tld.conf.
2. Edit your hosts file in /etc/hosts.
3. Create the index file to test the configurations like: /var/www/domain.tld/public/index.php.
4. Create the symlink to enable the virtual host then restart nginx server.

If anything do not work. Execute nginx on the terminal (as root) to see the error output.