NGINX vhost file for phpmyadmin on ubuntu 14.04 using sudo-apt get install phpmyadmin ,,, install as normal but don't select webserver (neither apache nor lighttpd). add this to /etc/nginx/sites-available/ then enable by adding to sites-enabled and add 127.0.0.1 phpmyadmin to /etc/hosts

phpmyadmin.conf

server {
       listen 80;
       server_name phpmyadmin;
       root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/;
       index index.php index.html;
       location = /favicon.ico {
                log_not_found off;
                access_log off;
       }
       location = /robots.txt {
                allow all;
                log_not_found off;
                access_log off;
       }
       # Make sure files with the following extensions do not get loaded by nginx because nginx would display the source code, and these files can contain PASSWORDS!
        location ~* \.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)$|^(\..*|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template)$|\.php_ {
                deny all;
        }
       # Deny all attempts to access hidden files such as .htaccess, .htpasswd, .DS_Store (Mac).
       location ~ /\. {
                deny all;
                access_log off;
                log_not_found off;
       }
       location ~*  \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|css|js|ico)$ {
                expires max;
                log_not_found off;
       }
       location ~ \.php$ {
                try_files $uri =404;
                include fastcgi_params;
                #fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
                fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       }        
}