Application Server Block for NGINX LEMP Stack Configuration with SSL

app-server-block-nginx-lemp-ssl

server {
	listen 80;
	server_name domain.dev;
	# force all requests to connec via HTTPS
	return 301 https://domain.dev$request_uri;
}

server {
	listen 443 ssl;

	server_name domain.dev;

	access_log /var/log/nginx/app-access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/app-error.log error;

	root /var/www/app/public;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	ssl on;
	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.crt;
	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.key;
	ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
	ssl_ciphers "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5 or HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!3DES";
	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

	location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
	}

	location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
	location = /robots.txt { log_not_found off; access_log off; }

	error_page 404 /index.php;

	error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
	location = /50x.html {
		root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	}

	location ~ \.php$ {
		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_params;
	}

	location ~ /\.ht {
		deny all;
	}
}