An nginx configuration file for multiple Vanilla installations in one folder.

vanilla.dev.conf

server {
   server_name vanilla.dev;
   listen 80;

   root /var/www/vanilla;

   location ^~ /static {
      access_log /dev/null;
      error_log /dev/null crit;

      alias /var/www/static/;
      index index.html;
      try_files $uri $uri/;
   }

   location ^~ /favicon.ico {
    access_log off;
    error_log off;
    return 404;
  }

   location /pulse {
      # Don't log pulse hits
      access_log /dev/null;
      error_log /dev/null crit;

      return 200;
   }

   location /nginx/status {
      # stub_status on;
      access_log  /dev/null;
      allow       127.0.0.1;
      deny        all;
   }

   location /php/status {
      # send to fastcgi
      include fastcgi.conf;
      fastcgi_pass    php-fpm;

      access_log  /dev/null;
      allow       127.0.0.1;
      deny        all;
   }

   # Safeguard against serving configs
   location ~* "/\.htaccess$" { deny all; return 403; }
   location ~* "/\.git" { deny all; return 403; }
   location ~* "/conf/.*$" { deny all; return 403; }

   # PHP handler
   location ~* /([^./]+)/index\.php$ {
      # send to fastcgi
      include fastcgi.conf;
      fastcgi_param NODE_SLUG       $1;
      fastcgi_param PHP_SELF        $fastcgi_script_name;
      fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/index.php;

      fastcgi_pass    php-fpm;
   }

   # PHP
   location ~* /cgi-bin/.+\.php {
      # send to fastcgi
      include fastcgi.conf;
      fastcgi_pass    php-fpm;
   }

   # Don't let any other php files run by themselves
   location ~* \.php {
      rewrite ^(/[^./]+)(/.*) $1/index.php?p=$2 last;
      return 404;
   }

   # Redirect to the empty url to the hub site.
   location ~ ^/$ {
      rewrite ^ /hub permanent;
   }

   # Default location
   location ~ ^(/[^./]+)(.*) {
      try_files $2 @vanilla;
   }

   location @vanilla {
      rewrite ^(/[^./]+)(.*) $1/index.php?p=$2 last;
   }
}