nginx on Ubuntu¶

Install nginx
1. Use Ubuntu’s version (not always up-to-date)
  
  sudo apt-get install nginx
2. Use nginx’s up-to-date version
  
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
  
  sudo apt-get update
  
  sudo apt-get install nginx
Verify PHP-FPM installed

sudo apt-get install php7.0-fpm

Create the config for your installation

Paste the following into /etc/nginx/sites-available/nZEDb using your favorite editor:

server {
    # Change these settings to match your machine.
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name localhost;

    # These are the log locations, you should not have to change these.
    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

    # This is the root web folder for nZEDb, you shouldn't have to change this.
    root /var/www/nZEDb/www/;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    # Everything below this should not be changed unless noted.
    location ~* \.(?:css|eot|gif|gz|ico|inc|jpe?g|js|ogg|oga|ogv|mp4|m4a|mp3|png|svg|ttf|txt|woff|xml)$ {
        expires max;
        add_header Pragma public;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites;
    }

    location ^~ /covers/ {
        # This is where the nZEDb covers folder should be in.
        root /var/www/nZEDb/resources;
    }

    location @rewrites {
        rewrite ^/([^/\.]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/? /index.php?page=$1&id=$2&subpage=$3 last;
        rewrite ^/([^/\.]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /index.php?page=$1&id=$2 last;
        rewrite ^/([^/\.]+)/?$ /index.php?page=$1 last;
    }

    location /admin {
    }

    location /install {
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;

        # Uncomment the following line and comment the .sock line if you want to use TCP.
        #fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;

        # The next two lines should go in your fastcgi_params
        fastcgi_index index.php;
    }
}

Enable your site
1. Disable the default site
  
  sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
2. Enable your nZEDb site
  
  sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/nZEDb /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/nZEDb
3. Restart nginx and PHP
  
  sudo service nginx configtest - This will let you know if you messed up on step 3, if you didn’t carry on
  
  sudo service nginx reload
  
  sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

Changes to fastcgi_params are needed. Using your favorite editor, ensure /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params looks like below:

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_FILENAME    $request_filename;
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  REQUEST_SCHEME     $scheme;
fastcgi_param  HTTPS              $https if_not_empty;

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;

Verify everything

At this point, if you fire up your browser and point it at your nZEDb, you should get a 404 not found. That’s ok, and expected. Anything else and you’ve done something wrong. Go back and double check. Help is available.
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