My nginx conf

gistfile1.txt

# php.conf

location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
	fastcgi_index  index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
}
index index.php;



#cakephp.conf

include php.conf;
 
location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri&$args;
    expires max;
    access_log off;
}



#site/available/my_site.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name my_site.local;
    root /Users/lorenzo/Sites/my_site/app/webroot;
    include cakephp.conf;
}