nGinx + php7.0-fpm on Ubuntu 16.04 setup

# nginx.conf starts
user  www-data;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  256;
}


http {
    #
    tcp_nopush on;
    #
    tcp_nodelay on;
    #
    types_hash_max_size 2048;
    #
    server_tokens off;
    #
    client_max_body_size 8m;
    #
    reset_timedout_connection on;
    #
    # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
    #
    # server_name_in_redirect off;

    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    include       /etc/nginx/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  combined;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

    upstream php7-fpm {
      keepalive 8;
      server unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}
# nginx.conf ends

# generic server starts
server {
  listen 80;

  server_name awebpage.com;

  root /absolute/path/to/the/files/;
  index index.php index.html index.htm;

  access_log /absolute/path/to/the/files/awebpage-access.log combined;
  error_log /absolute/path/to/the/files/awebpage-error.log;

  location /. { ## Disable access to .htaccess and other hidden files
    return 404;
  }

#  location / { ## Demands a user and password before enable access to the page
#    try_files $uri $uri/ /rampage.php?$args;
#    auth_basic "Restricted";
#    auth_basic_user_file  /home/stoporose/meussites/victoralm.com/webalizer/.htpasswd;
#    autoindex on;
#  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    #fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
    fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "cgi.fix_pathinfo=1";
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }

}
# generic server ends