nginx-site-conf

nginx-dev.local

server {
  listen       80;
  server_name  dropbox.local;
  root /Users/Jeroen/Dropbox/development/online;

  autoindex on;

 	location / {
		
		index index.html index.php;
		
    # try_files attempts to serve a file or folder, until it reaches the fallback at the end
		try_files $uri $uri/ @backend;
  }

	location @backend {
		# essentially the same as passing php requests back to apache

		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;
  }
 
	location ~ \.php {
		# this block will catch any requests with a .php extension
		# normally in this block data would be passed to a FastCGI process

		# these two lines tell Apache the actual IP of the client being forwarded
		# Apache requires mod_proxy (http://bit.ly/mod_proxy) for these to work
		# Most Apache 2.0+ servers have mod_proxy configured already

		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;

		# this next line adds the Host header so that apache knows which vHost to serve
		# the $host variable is automatically set to the hostname Nginx is responding to
		proxy_set_header Host $host;

		# And now we pass back to apache
		# if you're using a side-by-side configuration the IP can be changed to
		# apache's bound IP at port 80 such as http://192.170.2.1:80

		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
	}

	# if you don't like seeing all the errors for missing favicon.ico in root
	location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

	# if you don't like seeing errors for a missing robots.txt in root
	location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
  
}