nginx config file which works great with Codeigniter 2.0

This config file works great on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server with nginx 0.7.65. Other software includes php 5.3.2, Code Igniter 2.0. Performance-wise I was able to squeeze 12,000 requests per second on static files and ~250 req/s on dynamic PHP pages.

This is a copy-paste from Chris Gaunt’s github page with a change in server name.

server {
    listen 8080;
    server_name www.metak.com metak.com;
    access_log /home/metak/metak.com/logs/access.log;
    error_log /home/metak/metak.com/logs/error.log;
    root   /home/metak/metak.com/public_html;

    # If file is an asset, set expires and break
    location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
        expires max;
        break;
    }

	# Serve the directory/file if it exists, else pass to CodeIgniter front controller
	location / {
		try_files $uri @codeigniter;
	}

	# Do not allow direct access to the CodeIgniter front controller
	location ~* ^/index.php {
		rewrite ^/index.php/?(.*)$ /$1 permanent;
	}

	# CodeIgniter Front Controller
	location @codeigniter {
		internal;
		root /home/metak/metak.com/public_html;
		fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_config;
		include fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/metak/metak.com/public_html/index.php;
	}

	# If directly accessing a PHP file in the public dir other than index.php
	location ~* \.php$ {
		root /home/metak/metak.com/public_html;
		try_files $uri @codeigniter;
		fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_config;
		include fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	}

}