Default + fast.cgi

# You may add here your
# server {
# ...
# }
# statements for each of your virtual hosts
server {
listen 80 default;
server_name localhost;
access_log /var/log/nginx/localhost.access.log;
#error_log /var/log/nginx/localhost.error.log debug;
error_log /var/log/nginx/localhost.error.log error;
index index.php index.html;
root /var/www/nginx-default;
location / {
root /var/www/nginx-default;
}
location /doc {
root /usr/share;
autoindex on;
allow 127.0.0.1;
deny all;
}
#location /images {
# root /usr/share;
# autoindex on;
#}
#location /myadmin {
# root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;
# index index.php;
#}
#location ~ /myadmin/*\.php$ {
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
# fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/phpmyadmin$fastcgi_script_name;
#}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
#error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
#location = /50x.html {
# root /var/www/nginx-default;
#}
# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
#proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
#}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; #php-fpm listening on port 9000
fastcgi_index index.php;
}
# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}

Drupal 6 site

server {
listen 80;
server_name drupal_host.com www.drupal_host.com;
root /var/www/nginx-sites/drupal_host.com/httpdocs;
#index index.php index.html;
access_log /var/log/nginx/drupal_host.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/drupal_host.com.error.log error;
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location / {
index index.php index.html;
try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
}
location @rewrite {
# Some modules enforce no slash (/) at the end of the URL
# Else this rewrite block wouldn't be needed (GlobalRedirect)
rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
try_files $uri @rewrite; #check for existence of php file
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; #php-fpm listening on port 9000
fastcgi_index index.php;
}
# Fighting with ImageCache? This little gem is amazing.
location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
location ~* \.(inc|log|info|module|install|profile|txt)$ {
deny all;
}
}

Drupal 7 site

fastcgi_param

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;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;