nginx.conf

#user  nobody;
worker_processes  2;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
#error_log  logs/error.log  info;

pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
  worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
  include       mime.types;
  default_type  application/octet-stream;
  #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
  #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
  #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
  access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;

  sendfile        on;
  tcp_nopush     on;

  #keepalive_timeout  0;
  keepalive_timeout  65;
  gzip  on;

  # drupal host's
  server {
    listen       127.0.0.1:80;
    server_name  ~^(www\.)?(?<domain>.+)$;
    root         /home/www/drupal/$domain/public_html;
    #charset utf-8;
    access_log   /home/www/drupal/$domain/logs/access.log;
    client_max_body_size 0;
    location @rewrite {
      # Some modules enforce no slash (/) at the end of the URL
      # Else this rewrite block wouldn't be needed (GlobalRedirect)
      rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1;
    }
    location / {
      # This is cool because no php is touched for static content
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }
    # Fighting with ImageCache? This little gem is amazing.
    location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ {
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }
    # Patch image styles for D7 too.
    location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/styles/ {
      try_files $uri @rewrite;
    }
    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
      expires max;
      log_not_found off;
    }
    location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ {
      return 403;
    }
    location = /favicon.ico {
      log_not_found off;
      access_log off;
    }
    location = /robots.txt {
      allow all;
      log_not_found off;
      access_log off;
    }
    # Very rarely should these ever be accessed outside of your lan
    location ~* \.(txt|log)$ {
      allow 127.0.0.0/8;
      deny all;
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {
      fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
      include fastcgi_params;
      #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
      fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
      fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
      fastcgi_hide_header X-Powered-By;
      fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php-fpm.sock;
    }
    # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
    # concurs with nginx's one
    location ~/\.ht {
      deny  all;
    }
  }
}