MyBB Nginx Config

server {
    server_name site.name.here;
    listen *;
    root /var/www;

    location / {
        index index.html index.php;
    }

    # Eliminates POST DDoS commonly seen on index.php
    # that causes MySQL overload.
    location /index.php {
        limit_except GET HEAD {
            deny all;
        }
    }

    # Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    }

    # MyBB Native Rewrite Rules
    rewrite ^/forum-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/forumdisplay.php?fid=$1;
    rewrite ^/forum-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&page=$2;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&page=$2;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-lastpost\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=lastpost;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-nextnewest\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextnewest;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-nextoldest\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextoldest;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-newpost\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=newpost;
    rewrite ^/thread-([0-9]+)-post-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?tid=$1&pid=$2;
    rewrite ^/post-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/showthread.php?pid=$1;
    rewrite ^/announcement-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/announcements.php?aid=$1;
    rewrite ^/user-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/member.php?action=profile&uid=$1;
    rewrite ^/calendar-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?calendar=$1;
    rewrite ^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?action=yearview&calendar=$1&year=$2;
    rewrite ^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?calendar=$1&year=$2&month=$3;
    rewrite ^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)-day-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?action=dayview&calendar=$1&year=$2&month=$3&day=$4;
    rewrite ^/calendar-([0-9]+)-week-(n?[0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?action=weekview&calendar=$1&week=$2;
    rewrite ^/event-([0-9]+)\.html$ /MyBB/calendar.php?action=event&eid=$1;

    # Google SEO Plugin rules
    rewrite ^/([^&]*)&(.*)$ http://$host/$1?$2 permanent;
    rewrite ^/((?i)sitemap-([^./]+)\.xml)$ /misc.php?google_seo_sitemap=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)Forum-([^./]+))$ /forumdisplay.php?google_seo_forum=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)Thread-([^./]+))$ /showthread.php?google_seo_thread=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)Announcement-([^./]+))$ /announcements.php?google_seo_announcement=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)User-([^./]+))$ /member.php?action=profile&google_seo_user=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)Calendar-([^./]+))$ /calendar.php?google_seo_calendar=$2;
    rewrite ^/((?i)Event-([^./]+))$ /calendar.php?action=event&google_seo_event=$2;
}