php-phpbb/phpBB/docs/nginx.sample.conf

# Sample nginx configuration file for phpBB.
# Global settings have been removed, copy them
# from your system's nginx.conf.
# Tested with nginx 0.8.35.

http {
    # Compression - requires gzip and gzip static modules.
    gzip on;
    gzip_static on;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_min_length 700;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";

    # Catch-all server for requests to invalid hosts.
    # Also catches vulnerability scanners probing IP addresses.
    # Should be first.
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name bogus;
        return 444;
        root /var/empty;
    }

    # If you have domains with and without www prefix,
    # redirect one to the other.
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name myforums.com;
        rewrite ^(.*)$ http://www.myforums.com$1 permanent;
    }

    # The actual board domain.
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name www.myforums.com;

        root /path/to/phpbb;

        location / {
            # phpbb uses index.htm
            index index.php index.html index.htm;
        }

        # Deny access to internal phpbb files.
        location ~ /(config\.php|common\.php|includes|cache|files|store|images/avatars/upload) {
            deny all;
        }

        # Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server specified in upstream declaration.
        location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass php;
            # Necessary for php.
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            # Unmodified fastcgi_params from nginx distribution.
            include fastcgi_params;
        }

        # Deny access to version control system directories.
        location ~ /\.svn|/\.git {
            deny all;
        }
    }

    # If running php as fastcgi, specify php upstream.
    upstream php {
        server unix:/tmp/php.sock;
    }
}