Install Nginx-PHP on Debian

Simple work with apt-get.Install Nginx, install PHP-fpm.


apt-get install git nginx php5-fpm php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-sqlite php5-mcrypt


Edit /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini, set

cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

Then, set the vhosts in /etc/nginx/sites-*, and restart the services.


/etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart
/etc/init.d/nginx reload


A common sample to set a vhost for a server name to one directory on disk.

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  sample.com;

    root    /var/www/sample;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
    
    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root   html;
    }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }
}