File elgg_nginx.conf of Package elgg

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.org;

    # Server root, replace it with your elgg installation location
    root /srv/example.org;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    # Server logs, replace it with your project names
    error_log /var/log/nginx/$server_name-error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/$server_name-access.log;

    location ~ (^\.|/\.) {
        return 403;
    }

    location /cache {
        rewrite ^/cache\/(.*)$ /engine/handlers/cache_handler.php?request=$1&$query_string;
    }

    location /export {
        rewrite ^/export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/?$ /engine/handlers/export_handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2;
        rewrite ^/export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)\/$ /engine/handlers/export_handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2&type=$3&idname=$4;
    }

    location = /rewrite.php {
        rewrite ^(.*)$ /install.php;
    }

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

    # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
    #
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    #   # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
    #
    #   # With php5-cgi alone:
    #   fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    #   # With php5-fpm:
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}