nginx_phpbb3.conf

server {
	listen 80;
	listen [::]:80;

	root <PATH_TO_DOCUMENT_ROOL>/html;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	server_name <HOSTNAME>.<DOMAIN_NAME>;

	location / {
		# First attempt to serve request as file, then
		# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
	}

	location ~ /(config\.php|common\.php|cache|files|images/avatars/upload|includes|store) {
        	deny all;
		return 403;
	}

	error_page 404 /404.html;

	# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
	#
	error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
	location = /50x.html {
		root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	}

	# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
	#
	location ~ \.php$ {
		try_files $uri =404;
		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
		# NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
	
		# With php5-cgi alone:
		#fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
		# With php5-fpm:
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
		include fastcgi_params;
	}

	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
	# concurs with nginx's one
	#
	location ~ /\.ht {
		deny all;
	}
}