Nginx server config for Laravel 4 and SimpleSamlphp

nginx.conf

#
# Nginx host conf
#
# Allows Laravel 4 and SimpleSamlphp to exist together peacefully
#
# Laravel 4 - 
#	https://github.com/laravel/laravel
# SimpleSamlphp -
#	https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
#

server {
	listen 80;
	listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on;
	
	# listen 443 ssl;
	
	server_name your.domain.name;
	
	# ssl info
	# ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/your.domain.name.crt;
	# ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/your.domain.name.key;
	
	# site root path
	root /var/www/public;
	
	# simple saml config block
	location  /simplesaml {
		
		# add alias root to global simple saml install (default location)
		alias /var/simplesamlphp/www;
		
		# set index document
		index index.php;
		
		# simple saml php-fpm config
		# based on: http://casadelkrogh.dk/code/2014/09/30/embedding-simplesamlphp-using-nginx/
		location ~ \.php(/|$) {
			fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.+)$;
			fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
			fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
			fastcgi_index index.php;
			include fastcgi_params;
		}
	}
	
	# laravel url config 
	location / {
		index index.php;
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
	}
	
	# laravel php config
	# based on : http://laravel-recipes.com/recipes/26/creating-a-nginx-virtualhost
	location ~ \.php$ {
		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.+)$;
		fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
		fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_params;
	}
}