Nginx
Nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. It is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavors. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.
The following is community-contributed documentation on Nginx configuration. Amendmends and additions are welcome.
Nginx configuration
PHP-FPM
Nginx is usually configured to interface with PHP via php-fpm. This is both fast and robust.
php.ini
Typically the php-fpm daemon with have it's own php.ini e.g. in debian it is /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini. The following setting is required,
php.ini
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
Nginx
fcig_params
The standard fastcgi_params file included in Nginx is not compatible with moodle; save a new fastcgi_params file with the following parameters,
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string; fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method; fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type; fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri; fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri; fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root; fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol; fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1; fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version; fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr; fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port; fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr; fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port; fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name; # PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
server configuration
Add the following 'slash arguments' compatible (see Using slash arguments) 'location' block to your vhosts 'server' configuration in your nginx configuration.
nginx.conf location:
location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) { # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; }
See also
- Real PATH_INFO support:
- Internal rewriting to the HTTP GET file parameter: