nginx config for vbulletin 5 forum. And read the comments in config.php: // ****** Base URLs ****** // The following settings all deal with the url of your forum. // If set incorrectly your site/software will not function correctly. // These urls should NOT include a trailing slash <------- !!! // This is the url and web path of your root vBulle…

nginx-vbulletn.conf

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name forum.example.com;

    root   /var/www/example_forum/;
    index  index.php;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/forum.example.access.log  main;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/forum.example.error.log;

    rewrite /css.php$    /core/css.php  last;
    rewrite /install$    /core/install/ last;

    location ~* ^.+\.(js|json|ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|pdf|png|css|woff|ttf|otf|eot)$ {
        root /var/www/example_forum/;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found   off;
        expires 7d;
    }

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

    location = /admincp/ {
        try_files $uri @vbulletin;
    }

    location @vbulletin {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root/index.php;
        fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING    routestring=$uri&$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri @vbulletin;
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }
}

Works like a charm, unlike the original vhost file...