server {
    listen 000.00.000.000:80;
    listen 000.00.000.000:443 ssl;
    server_name subdomain.site.com;
    root /var/www/vhosts/companyname/staging;

#   SSL Configuration redacted

    location / {
        index index.html index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @handler;
#        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
#        expires 30d;
    }
    location @handler {
#        rewrite / /index.php?req=$uri;
        rewrite / /index.php;
    }

    location ~ .php/ {
        rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
    }

    location ~ .php$ {
        if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite / /index.php last; }

#        expires        off;
#        fastcgi_pass   stagebackend;
#        fastcgi_param  HTTPS $fastcgi_https;
#        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
#        include        fastcgi_params;

#copied config below

        expires        off;
        fastcgi_pass   stagebackend;
        fastcgi_param  HTTPS $fastcgi_https;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_CODE site_en;
        fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_TYPE website;
        include        fastcgi_params;

#end copied config

    }

}

Mage::run($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);

ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/app/ app
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/includes/ includes
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/js/ js
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/lib/ lib
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/media/ media
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/skin/ skin
ln -s /home/example/example.com/html/var/ var