Nginx Vhost Config For Frameworks

nginx_config

Since I am using Nginx as a web server, I have included the virtual host configuration below as it took me quite a while to understand Nginx setup and how it handles rewrite rules. 

Virtual Site config for the Silex Tutorial

server {                                                                                                                                           
    listen 80;
    server_name silextut.local;
    root /mnt/hostnfs/silextut/web;
    index index.php;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location / {
        if (-f $request_filename) {
            expires max;
            break;
        }

        rewrite ^(.*) /index.php last;
    }
}