Install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on OS X Mavericks or Yosemite

http://blog.frd.mn/install-nginx-php-fpm-mysql-and-phpmyadmin-on-os-x-mavericks-using-homebrew/

Using nginx as HTTP load balancer

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/load_balancing.html

nginx default template

server {
        server_name www.yourdomainname.com;
        return 301 $scheme://yourdomainname.com$request_uri;
}

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name yourdomainname.com;

        root /var/www;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
            expires 1y;
            log_not_found off;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
            try_files $uri /index.php =404;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
        }
}

Increase PHP script execution time with Nginx

https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/php/increase-script-execution-time/

NGINX Upstream Module

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html

Horizontal Scaling PHP-FPM NGINX

http://www.narga.net/recommended-nginx-configuration-high-traffic-wordpress/
http://jonathonhill.net/2012-12-16/scaling-your-website-three-stages/
http://archives.opennebula.org/documentation:uc4

Nginx and php-fpm for performance

http://jeremymarc.github.io/2013/04/22/nginx-and-php-fpm-for-performance/

Nginx and PHP-FPM Configuration and Optimizing Tips and Tricks

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/nginx-and-php-fpm-configuration-and-optimizing-tips-and-tricks/
http://www.nginxtips.com/configure-max_execution_time-in-php-fpm-using-nginx/
http://www.tekovic.com/fixing-timeout-between-nginx-and-php-fpm

Securing Elasticsearch with Nginx

http://jamesmcfadden.co.uk/securing-elasticsearch-with-nginx/

Setup nginx php5-fpm on Ubuntu 14.04

ssh root@ip

create droplet
adduser demo

add sudoers
nano /etc/sudoers
# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
demo    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL


ssh demo@ip

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install nginx

sudo apt-get install php5-fpm
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available
sudo php5enmod mcrypt

#erikaheidi

setup swap
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
sudo nano /etc/fstab
/swapfile  swap      swap    defaults         0 0


setup php5-fpm
sudo nano /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

sudo nano /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
listen = 127.0.0.1:9000 to listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock


setup nginx
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
uncomment server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;