sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev build-essential libssl-dev

cd /opt/
sudo wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.8.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf nginx-1.2.8.tar.gz
cd /opt/nginx-1.2.8/
sudo ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module

sudo make
sudo make install

sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx

sudo vi /etc/init.d/nginx

#! /bin/sh
 
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          nginx
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:     $all
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the nginx web server
# Description:       starts nginx using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO
 
PATH=/opt/nginx/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
DESC=nginx
 
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 
# Include nginx defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/nginx ] ; then
        . /etc/default/nginx
fi
 
set -e
 
case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
                /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
                /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload)
          echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
          start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile     /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
              --exec $DAEMON
          echo "$NAME."
          ;;
      *)
            N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
            echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
 
    exit 0

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-cgi psmisc spawn-fcgi

sudo vi /usr/bin/php-fastcgi

#!/bin/sh
 
if [ `grep -c "nginx" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=nginx
elif [ `grep -c "www-data" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=www-data
elif [ `grep -c "http" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=http
else 
# Set the FASTCGI_USER variable below to the user that 
# you want to run the php-fastcgi processes as
 
FASTCGI_USER=
fi
 
SOCKET=/var/run/php-fastcgi/php-fastcgi.socket
PIDFILE=/var/run/php-fastcgi/php-fastcgi.pid
CHILDREN=6
PHP5=/usr/bin/php5-cgi
 
/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -s $SOCKET -P $PIDFILE -C $CHILDREN -u $FASTCGI_USER -g $FASTCGI_GROUP -f $PHP5

sudo mkdir /var/run/php-fastcgi
sudo chown nginx:root /var/run/php-fastcgi

sudo vi /etc/init.d/php-fastcgi

#!/bin/bash
 
### BEGIN INIT INFO                                                                                                                     
# Provides:          php-fastcgi                                                                                                        
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog                                                                                                 
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog                                                                                                 
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5                                                                                                            
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6                                                                                                              
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time                                                                                          
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.                                                                                 
### END INIT INFO                                                                                                                       
 
 
 
if [ `grep -c "nginx" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=nginx
elif [ `grep -c "www-data" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=www-data
elif [ `grep -c "http" /etc/passwd` = "1" ]; then 
   FASTCGI_USER=http
else 
# Set the FASTCGI_USER variable below to the user that 
# you want to run the php-fastcgi processes as
 
FASTCGI_USER=
fi
 
PHP_SCRIPT=/usr/bin/php-fastcgi
RETVAL=0
case "$1" in
    start)
      sudo -u $FASTCGI_USER $PHP_SCRIPT
      RETVAL=$?
  ;;
    stop)
      killall -9 php5-cgi
      RETVAL=$?
  ;;
    restart)
      killall -9 php5-cgi
      sudo -u $FASTCGI_USER $PHP_SCRIPT
      RETVAL=$?
  ;;
    *)
      echo "Usage: php-fastcgi {start|stop|restart}"
      exit 1
  ;;
esac      
exit $RETVAL

sudo /etc/init.d/php-fastcgi start

sudo update-rc.d /etc/init.d/php-fastcgi defaults

...
gzip  on;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
    gzip_types text/plain text/css
               application/x-javascript text/xml
               application/xml application/xml+rss
               text/javascript;
include /opt/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
 
server {
...

sudo vi /opt/etc/nginx/sites-available/adamruggles.net.conf

server {
    listen   80;
    server_name test.adamruggles.net www.adamruggles.net adamruggles.net;
    access_log /srv/adamruggles.net/logs/access.log;
    error_log /srv/adamruggles.net/logs/error.log;
    root /srv/adamruggles.net/public;    
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
        index  index.html index.htm index.php;
    }
 
    rewrite /wp-admin$ $scheme://$host$uri/ permanent;
 
    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri = 404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(.*)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fastcgi/php-fastcgi.socket;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /srv/adamruggles.net/public$fastcgi_script_name;
        include /opt/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
    }

sudo ln -s /opt/etc/nginx/sites-available/adamruggles.net.conf /opt/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/adamruggles.net.conf

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart