example nginx file

Example NGINX file

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#
# Provided by the Magento Support Center
# http://magentosupport.help/knowledgebase/configuring-nginx-to-work-with-magento-advanced/
#
# Your Magento Tutorial specialists
#
server {
    listen       66.155.YOURIPHERE;
    server_name  websitename.co.uk;
    root /var/www/htdocs/yourwebsiteroot;
   
    ##
    # redirect to www
    ##
    #if ($host !~* ^www\.) {
    #    rewrite ^(.*)$ http://www.$host$1 permanent;
    #}

    ##
    # dont log robots.txt requests
    ##
    location /robots.txt {
        allow all;
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    ## These locations would be hidden by .htaccess normally
    location ^~ /app/                { deny all; }
    location ^~ /includes/           { deny all; }
    location ^~ /lib/                { deny all; }
    location ^~ /media/downloadable/ { deny all; }
    location ^~ /pkginfo/            { deny all; }
    location ^~ /report/config.xml   { deny all; }
    location ^~ /var/                { deny all; }
    location /var/export/            { deny all; }
    # deny htaccess files
    location ~ /\. {
        deny  all;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
    }

    ##
    # Rewrite for versioned CSS+JS via filemtime
    ##
    location ~* ^.+\.(css|js)$ {
        rewrite ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(css|js)$ $1.$3 last;
        expires 31536000s;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
        add_header Pragma public;
        add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public";
    }
    ##
    # Aggressive caching for static files
    # If you alter static files often, please use
    # add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    ##
    location ~* \.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|ogv|otf|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|t?gz|tif|tiff|ttf|wav|webm|wma|woff|wri|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip)$ {
        expires 31536000s;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
        add_header Pragma public;
        add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public";
    }

    # error pages
    error_page  404              /404.html;
    location = /404.html {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
   
    location / {
        try_files /maintenance.html $uri $uri/ @handler; ## If missing pass the URI to Magento's front handler
        expires 30d; ## Assume all files are cachable
    }
    location @handler { ## Magento uses a common front handler
        rewrite / /index.php;
    }
    location ~ .php/ { ## Forward paths like /js/index.php/x.js to relevant handler
        rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
    }
   
    ##
    # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening at unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock
    ##
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT 80;
        fastcgi_param  HTTPS $fastcgi_https;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_CODE default; ## Store code is defined in administration > Configuration > Manage Stores
        fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_TYPE store;
    }


    rewrite ^/minify/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
    rewrite ^/skin/m/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
}

Edit / add to your host file

Adding to a host file

right click your note pad and select "run as administrator"

Locate the following file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

add the following

00.000.000.00 yoursite.com www.yoursite.com

Adding to a host file

right click your note pad and select "run as administrator"

Locate the following file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

add the following

00.000.000.00 yoursite.com www.yoursite.com

Create Magento Site Nginx 2015

Make directory under var/vhosts/www  and add magento files
go to ect/php-fpm.d/  create config file
go to ect/nginx/conf  create config file
Putty, login.
Add the following commands:
mysql;
create database databasenamehere;
grant all privileges on databasenamehere.* to 'usernamehere'@'localhost' identified by "passwordhere";  
exit;
service php-fpm restart;
service nginx restart;

close putty if no errors.


When you did the php-fpm restart both answers which popup should say ok in green if not follow the error message given this will be in the root: ect/php-fpm.d/ folder and file uploaded earlier. If this has taken other sites on the server down, download (so you have a copy to ammend) then delete the new config file you made earlier from the server. Make sure you get the right config file other wise you will loose the other sites forever.
Visit the website you have just created.

nginx putty commands

Putty -

su root (switches user to root)

have to put a semi-col after each command so that it recognizes it ;

service php-fpm restart;  (restarts any new php-fpm docs or edits)

service nginx restart;      (restarts nginx)

mysql;  (opens mysql)

create database typedatabasename;  (replace type databasename with your own database name - creates a new database)

grant all privileges on typedatabasename.* to 'typeusername'@'localhost' identified by "typepassword";   (creates a username and password for the named database)

flush privileges; (restarts mysql)

exit (quits mysql)

chown -R default.co.uk:default.co.uk /var/www/vhosts/default.co.uk (changes ownership of the route listed in the command)


If on the magneto installation wizard under the configuration tab you get: Database connection error. as a message use the following command:
grant all privileges on yourdatabasename.* to 'yourusername'@'localhost' identified by "yourpassword";
if the local host part hasnt been picked up it wont work.