This configuration file is designed to run the CMS Koken. If you just want a simple config file, use this instead: https://gist.github.com/pyrmont/6342859

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.php;
        
        # Directives to send expires headers and turn off 404 error logging.
        location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
            expires 24h;
            log_not_found off;
        }

        # this prevents hidden files (beginning with a period) from being served
        location ~ /\. {
            access_log off; 
            log_not_found off; 
            deny all;
        }

        ### Koken ###

        # Set expires header for console CSS and JS.
        # These files are timestamped with each new release, so it is safe to cache them agressively.
        location ~ "console_.*\.(js|css)$" {
          expires max;
        }

        # Catch image requests and pass them back to PHP if a cache does not yet exist
        location ~ "^/storage/cache/images(/[0-9]{3}/[0-9]{3}/.*)$" {
          try_files $uri /i.php?path=$1;
        }

        # Catch settings.css.lens requests and serve cache when possible
        location ~ settings.css.lens$ {
          default_type text/css;
          try_files /storage/cache/site/${uri} /app/site/site.php?url=/settings.css.lens;
        }

        # Standard site requests are cached with .html extensions
        set $cache_ext 'html';

        # PJAX requests contain the _pjax GET parameter and are cached with .phtml extensions
        if ($arg__pjax) {
          set $cache_ext 'phtml';
        }

        # Catch root requests
        location ~ ^/?$ {
          try_files /storage/cache/site/index/cache.$cache_ext /app/site/site.php?url=/;
        }

        # All other requests get passed back to Koken unless file already exists
        location / {
          try_files $uri $uri/ /storage/cache/site/${uri} /storage/cache/site/${uri}cache.$cache_ext /app/site/site.php?url=$uri;
        }

        error_page 404 /index.php/error/404;

        location ~ \.php$ {
            client_max_body_size 25M;
            try_files      $uri =404;
            fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
            fastcgi_index  index.php;
            include        /usr/local/etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; # Update if necessary
            fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
        }
    }
}

My URL rewriting skills are pretty wonky and on the initial installation, you’ll get a 404 error if you try to go to localhost:8080/. The solution is just to stick localhost:8080/index.php. Once Koken is installed, you’ll have no problems.