2 # Friendica Nginx configuration
5 # On Debian based distributions you can add this file to
6 # /etc/nginx/sites-available
8 # Then customize to your needs. To enable the configuration
9 # symlink it to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled and reload Nginx using
11 # service nginx reload
15 # You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
16 # of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
18 # http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
19 # http://wiki.nginx.org/QuickStart
20 # http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration
24 # This configuration assumes your domain is example.net
25 # You have a separate subdomain friendica.example.net
26 # You want all Friendica traffic to be HTTPS
27 # You have an SSL certificate and key for your subdomain
28 # You have PHP FastCGI Process Manager (php5-fpm) running on localhost
29 # You have Friendica installed in /mnt/friendica/www
34 server_name friendica.example.net;
37 root /mnt/friendica/www;
38 rewrite ^ https://friendica.example.net$request_uri? permanent;
42 # Configure Friendica with SSL
44 # All requests are routed to the front controller
45 # except for certain known file types like images, css, etc.
46 # Those are served statically whenever possible with a
47 # fall back to the front controller (needed for avatars, for example)
52 server_name friendica.example.net;
55 ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/friendica.example.net.chain.pem;
56 ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/example.net.key;
57 ssl_session_timeout 5m;
58 ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
59 ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
60 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
64 root /mnt/friendica/www;
65 access_log /var/log/nginx/friendica.log;
66 # allow uploads up to 20MB in size
67 client_max_body_size 20m;
68 client_body_buffer_size 128k;
70 # rewrite to front controller as default rule
72 rewrite ^/(.*) /index.php?q=$uri&$args last;
75 # make sure webfinger and other well known services aren't blocked
76 # by denying dot files and rewrite request to the front controller
77 location ^~ /.well-known/ {
79 rewrite ^/(.*) /index.php?q=$uri&$args last;
82 # statically serve these file types when possible
83 # otherwise fall back to front controller
84 # allow browser to cache them
85 # added .htm for advanced source code editor library
86 location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|js|htm|html|ttf|woff|svg)$ {
88 try_files $uri /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
91 # block these file types
92 location ~* \.(tpl|md|tgz|log|out)$ {
96 # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
99 # Zero-day exploit defense.
100 # http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,page=3
101 # Won't work properly (404 error) if the file is not stored on this
102 # server, which is entirely possible with php-fpm/php-fcgi.
103 # Comment the 'try_files' line out if you set up php-fpm/php-fcgi on
104 # another machine. And then cross your fingers that you won't get hacked.
107 # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
108 fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
110 # With php5-cgi alone:
111 # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
114 fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
116 include fastcgi_params;
117 fastcgi_index index.php;
118 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
121 # deny access to all dot files