Install PHP-FPM
Let’s get started. First, install the PHP-FPM package: # apt-get install php5-fpmStart the PHP-FPM service: # service php5-fpm startVerify install: # php5-fpm -v
PHP 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.4 (fpm-fcgi) (built: Sep 4 2013 19:45:09)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

Install Nginx
Install the nginx package: # apt-get install nginxCreate backup of nginx config file: # cp -v /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.BAKEdit nginx config file: # nano /etc/nginx/nginx.confAdd the following lines (or your own config settings): user www-data;
worker_processes 4;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
worker_connections 768;
# multi_accept on;
}

http {
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# server_tokens off;

# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
# server_name_in_redirect off;

include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;

##
# Logging Settings
##

access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

##
# Gzip Settings
##

#gzip on;
#gzip_disable “msie6″;
# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

##
# Virtual Host Configs
##

#include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
#include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

server {
listen 8080;
server_name shayanderson.dev www.shayanderson.dev;
root /var/www/shayanderson.dev;
index index.php;

access_log /var/log/nginx/access.shayanderson.dev.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.shayanderson.dev.log;

location / {

}

# PHP
location ~ \.php$ {
include php.conf;
}
}

}
Next, create the PHP handling config file: # nano /etc/nginx/php.confAnd add the following lines: try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
# for use with PHP $_SERVER['HTTPS'] (older version of nginx will fail for $https)
fastcgi_param HTTPS $https;
include fastcgi_params;Note: the location of the fastcgi_pass value can be found in the /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf file under the listen param, for example: listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock.

Start nginx: # service nginx start

Auto Start PHP-FPM and Nginx on Server Boot
Make sure services set to auto start on server boot:
# ls -l /etc/rc*/*nginx
# ls -l /etc/rc*/*php5-fpm
If they are not registered to auto start, add with:# update-rc.d nginx defaults
# update-rc.d php5-fpm defaults

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