Drupal Nginx configuration

Drupal 6

fastcgi_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=someservername.com:10m inactive=20m max_size=500m;

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name someservername.com;
  root /srv/http/someservername.com/drupal;
  access_log /var/log/nginx/someservername.com.access.log;
  error_log /var/log/nginx/someservername.com.error.log warn;
  log_subrequest on;
  client_max_body_size 8M;
  client_body_buffer_size 128k;
  index index.php index.html;
  if ($http_user_agent ~ ^SiteSucker|^iGetter|^larbin|^LeechGet|^RealDownload|^Teleport|^Webwhacker|^WebDevil|^Webzip|^Attache|^SiteSnagger|^WX_mail|^EmailCollector|^WhoWhere|^Roverbot|^ActiveAgent|^EmailSiphon|^CrownPeak-HttpAgent|^$) {
    rewrite .* /404.html break;
  }
  error_page 404 @drupal;
  location /install.php {
    allow mgmthost_ip;
  deny all;
  include fastcgi_params.php;
  }
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;
  }
  # hide protected files
  location ~* \.(aspx?|cgi|dll|engine|inc|info|install|module|profile|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template)$ {
    deny all;
  }
  # forbid running php in upload dir
  location ~ ^/sites/[^/]+/files/.*\.php {
    deny all;
  }
  location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|swf|mp4|flv)$ {
    access_log off;
    expires 30d;
  }
  # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on unix socket
  location ~ .*\.php$ {
    include fastcgi_params.php;
    try_files $uri @drupal;
    fastcgi_cache someservername.com;
    fastcgi_cache_key $scheme$host$request_uri;
    fastcgi_cache_valid 200 301 302 304 1h;
    fastcgi_pass_header Set-Cookie;
    fastcgi_ignore_headers Cache-Control Expires;
    fastcgi_cache_bypass $cookie_DRXrtArgs; # logged in user
    fastcgi_no_cache $cookie_DRXrtArgs;
  }
  location @drupal {
    rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
  }
  open_file_cache max=1000 inactive=20s;
  # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
  # concurs with nginx's one
  location ~ /\.ht {
    deny all;
  }
}

This config has caching enabled but in a greedy mode. Only use these cache settings if you need to serve high volume traffic, else it's better to use $http_cookie instead of $cookie_DRXrtArgs.

-- AvishaiIshShalom - 28 Aug 2010