Basic Nginx configuration file.

nginx.conf

daemon off;

worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       /usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types; # Update if necessary  
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    server {
        listen       8080;
        server_name  localhost;

        root   /path/to/your/dev/site; # Replace with the correct path
        index  index.html index.htm index.php;

        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
            include /usr/local/etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf; # Update if necessary
            fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        }

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

        location ~ /\.ht {
           deny  all;
        }
    }
}