server {
	# .domain.com will match both domain.com and anything.domain.com
	server_name .example.com;
 
	# It is best to place the root of the server block at the server level, and not the location level
	# any location block path will be relative to this root. 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	# It's always good to set logs, note however you cannot turn off the error log
	# setting error_log off; will simply create a file called 'off'.
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	# This can also go in the http { } level
	index index.html index.htm index.php;
 
	location / { 
		# if you're just using wordpress and don't want extra rewrites
		# then replace the word @rewrites with /index.php
		try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites;
	}
 
	location @rewrites {
		# Can put some of your own rewrite rules in here
		# for example rewrite ^/~(.*)/(.*)/? /users/$1/$2 last;
		# If nothing matches we'll just send it to /index.php
		rewrite ^ /index.php last;
	}
 
	# This block will catch static file requests, such as images, css, js
	# The ?: prefix is a 'non-capturing' mark, meaning we do not require
	# the pattern to be captured into $1 which should help improve performance
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		# Some basic cache-control for static files to be sent to the browser
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	# remove the robots line if you want to use wordpress' virtual robots.txt
	location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
	location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }	
 
	# this prevents hidden files (beginning with a period) from being served
	location ~ /\.          { access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all; }
 
	location ~ \.php {
        	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  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$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;
 
        	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;
 
	        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
	}
}

location ~ \.php {
        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  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$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;
 
        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;
 
        fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock;
}

	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
	fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO          $fastcgi_path_info;
	fastcgi_param  PATH_TRANSLATED    $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;

	location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
	location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }	
	location ~ /\.          { access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all; }
	location ~ ~$           { access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all; }

server {
	# This will listen on all interfaces, you can instead choose a specific IP
	# such as listen x.x.x.x:80;  Setting listen 80 default_server; will make
	# this server block the default one if no other blocks match the request
	listen 80;
 
	# Here you can set a server name, you can use wildcards such as *.example.com
	# however remember if you use server_name *.example.com; You'll only match subdomains
	# to match both subdomains and the main domain use both example.com and *.example.com
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	# It is best to place the root of the server block at the server level, and not the location level
	# any location block path will be relative to this root. 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	# It's always good to set logs, note however you cannot turn off the error log
	# setting error_log off; will simply create a file called 'off'.
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	location / { 
		# Rewrite rules and other criterias can go here
		# Remember to avoid using if() where possible (http://wiki.nginx.org/IfIsEvil)
	}
 
	# This block will catch static file requests, such as images, css, js
	# The ?: prefix is a 'non-capturing' mark, meaning we do not require
	# the pattern to be captured into $1 which should help improve performance
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		# Some basic cache-control for static files to be sent to the browser
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	# We can include our basic configs here, as you can see its much easier
	# than pasting out the entire sets of location block each time we add a vhost
 
	include drop.conf;
	include php.conf;
}

server {
	listen 80;
 
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	location / { 
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; 
	}
 
	location /search { limit_req zone=kbeezieone burst=3 nodelay; rewrite ^ /index.php; }
 
	fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
 
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	include php.conf;
 
	# You may want to remove the robots line from drop to use a virtual robots.txt
	# or create a drop_wp.conf tailored to the needs of the wordpress configuration
	include drop.conf;
}

server {
	listen 80;
 
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	location / { 
		if (-f $request_filename) {
		        break;
		}
 
		set $pgcache "";
 
		if ($request_method = GET) { set $pgcache "${pgcache}D"; }
 
		if ($args = "") { set $pgcache "${pgcache}I"; }
 
		if ($http_cookie !~ (comment_author_|wordpress|wordpress_logged_in|wp-postpass_)) {
			set $pgcache "${pgcache}S";
		}
		if (-f $document_root/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$request_uri/_index.html) {
			set $pgcache "${pgcache}K";
		}
		if ($pgcache = "DISK") {
			rewrite ^ /wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$request_uri/_index.html break;
		}
 
		if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^ /index.php last; }
	}
 
	location /search { limit_req zone=kbeezieone burst=3 nodelay; rewrite ^ /index.php; }
 
	fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
 
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	include php.conf;
 
	# You may want to remove the robots line from drop to use a virtual robots.txt
	# or create a drop_wp.conf tailored to the needs of the wordpress configuration
	include drop.conf;
}

server {
	listen 80;
 
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	location / { 
		# This line when enabled will use Nginx's gzip static module
		gzip_static on;
 
		# Disables serving gzip content to IE 6 or below
		gzip_disable        "MSIE [1-6]\.";
 
		# Sets the default type to text/html so that gzipped content is served
		# as html, instead of raw uninterpreted data.
		default_type text/html;
 
		# does the requested file exist exactly as it is? if yes, serve it and stop here
		if (-f $request_filename) { break; }
 
		# sets some variables to help test for the existence of a cached copy of the request
		set $supercache_file '';
		set $supercache_uri $request_uri;
 
		# IF the request is a post, has a query attached, or a cookie
		# then don't serve the cache (ie: users logged in, or posting comments)
		if ($request_method = POST) { set $supercache_uri ''; }
		if ($query_string) { set $supercache_uri ''; }
		if ($http_cookie ~* "comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_" ) { 
			set $supercache_uri ''; 
		}
 
		# if the supercache_uri variable hasn't been blanked by this point, attempt
		# to set the name of the destination to the possible cache file
		if ($supercache_uri ~ ^(.+)$) { 
			set $supercache_file /wp-content/cache/supercache/$http_host/$1index.html; 
		}
 
		# If a cache file of that name exists, serve it directly
		if (-f $document_root$supercache_file) { rewrite ^ $supercache_file break; }
 
		# Otherwise send the request back to index.php for further processing
		if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^ /index.php last; }
	}
 
	location /search { limit_req zone=kbeezieone burst=3 nodelay; rewrite ^ /index.php; }
 
	fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
 
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	include php.conf;
 
	# You may want to remove the robots line from drop to use a virtual robots.txt
	# or create a drop_wp.conf tailored to the needs of the wordpress configuration
	include drop.conf;
}

server {
	listen 80;
 
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	# This matters if you use drush
	location = /backup {
		deny all;
	}
 
	# Very rarely should these ever be accessed outside of your lan
	location ~* \.(txt|log)$ {
		allow 192.168.0.0/16;
		deny all;
	}
 
	location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ { return 403; }
 
	location / {
		# This is cool because no php is touched for static content
		try_files $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;
	}
 
	# Fighting with ImageCache? This little gem is amazing.
	location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ {
		try_files $uri @rewrite;
	}
 
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
		log_not_found off;
	}
 
	include php.conf;
 
	# You may want to remove the robots line from drop to use a virtual robots.txt
	# or create a drop_wp.conf tailored to the needs of the wordpress configuration
	include drop.conf;
}

server {
	listen 80;
 
	server_name example.com www.example.com;
 
	root /usr/local/www/example.com;
 
	access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
 
	location / { 
		# Rewrite rules can go here
	}
 
	location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
		expires max;
		add_header Pragma public;
		add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
	}
 
	location ~ \.php {
		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
 
		proxy_set_header Host $host;
 
		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
	}
 
	include drop.conf;
}

nginx -s quit (or reload)

#! /bin/sh
 
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          nginx
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:     $all
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the nginx web server
# Description:       starts nginx using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO
 
PATH=/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/opt/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
DESC=nginx
 
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 
# Include nginx defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/nginx ] ; then
        . /etc/default/nginx
fi
 
set -e
 
case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
                /var/run/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
                /var/run/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload)
      echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
      start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid \
          --exec $DAEMON
      echo "$NAME."
      ;;
  *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
 
exit 0

server {
	listen an-ip-address:80;
	server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
	...
}