usr_local_nginx_conf_nginx.conf

# usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

#user  nobody;
# do not use user root like I did!
user  root;

worker_processes  1;

#error_log  logs/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
#error_log  logs/error.log  info;

#pid        logs/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
    #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
    #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    #access_log  logs/access.log  main;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    server {
        # consider using HTTPS 443, as kaltura streaming vod supports it. 
        listen       80;
        server_name  your-institute.ac.il;

        #charset koi8-r;

        #access_log  logs/your-institute.ac.il_access.log  main;
        access_log logs/your-institute.ac.il_vod_access.log;
        error_log logs/your-institute.ac.il_vod_error.log error;
        
        location / {
            root   html;
            index  index.php index.html index.htm;
        }

        #error_page  404              /404.html;

        # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
        #
        # Hide PHP errors?
        #error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }

        # CentOS 7.x - Install php-fpm for nginx from ius.org 
        
        # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
        #
        #location ~ \.php$ {
        #    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
        #}

        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
        #
        #location ~ \.php$ {
        #    root           html;
        #    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        #    fastcgi_index  index.php;
        #    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
        #    include        fastcgi_params;
        #}

        # PHP Configs
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        
        location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
          fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
          if (!-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) {
              return 404;
          }

          # Mitigate https://httpoxy.org/ vulnerabilities
          #fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";

          fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
          fastcgi_index index.php;
          include fastcgi_params;
        }

        # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
        # concurs with nginx's one
        #
        #location ~ /\.ht {
        #    deny  all;
        #}
        
        location /server-status {
          stub_status;
          access_log    off;
          allow         your.ip.add.ress;
          deny          all;
        }
        
        ####################################
        #
        #  VOD
        #
        
        # vod settings
        vod_mode local;
        
        #vod_fallback_upstream_location /fallback;
        vod_last_modified 'Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:52:00 GMT';
        vod_last_modified_types *;
    
        # vod caches
        vod_metadata_cache metadata_cache 512m;
        vod_response_cache response_cache 128m;
    
        # gzip manifests
        gzip on;
        gzip_types application/vnd.apple.mpegurl;
    
        # file handle caching / aio
        open_file_cache          max=1000 inactive=5m;
        open_file_cache_valid    2m;
        open_file_cache_min_uses 1;
        open_file_cache_errors   on;
        aio on;
        
        # MP4 video folders, that are going to be served as MPEG-DASH
        # https://github.com/kaltura/nginx-vod-module#filename-structure
        # http://your-institute.ac.il/vod/music.mp4/manifest
        
        location /vod/ {
        # Manage it with wordpress
        #location ^/(vod|wordpress/wp-content/uploads)/ {
        
            #root /usr/local/nginx/html/video/;
            #root vod/;
            
            vod dash;
            
            vod_segment_duration 4000;
            vod_bootstrap_segment_durations 3500;
            vod_align_segments_to_key_frames on;
            vod_dash_manifest_format segmenttemplate;
            
            add_header Last-Modified "Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:52:00 GMT";
            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "origin,range,accept-encoding,referer";
            add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers "Server,range,Content-Length,Content-Range";
            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, HEAD, OPTIONS";
            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
            expires 100d;    
        }
    }


    # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       8000;
    #    listen       somename:8080;
    #    server_name  somename  alias  another.alias;

    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}


    # HTTPS server
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       443 ssl;
    #    server_name  localhost;

    #    ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
    #    ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;

    #    ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
    #    ssl_session_timeout  5m;

    #    ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    #    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}

}