sample.nginx.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /var/www/example.com/public/;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;

    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    charset utf-8;

    # Dynamically set the try_files locations.
    # Statically cached files should only be loaded for GET requests.
    set $try_files @default;
    if ($request_method = GET) {
        set $try_files @static;
    }

    # The files to try when its a potentially static cache request (ie. a GET request)
    location @static {
        try_files /static${uri}_${query_string}.html @default;
    }

    # The files to try when it's not a static cache request (ie. anything other than GET)
    location @default {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $try_files; # Use the dynamically assigned locations from above.
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    access_log off;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/example.com-error.log error;

    error_page 404 /index.php;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        # fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    # Block access to hidden files (except the /.well-known/ dir)
    location ~ /(?!.well-known)(\.)\w+ {
        deny all;
    }

    # Block access to content/data files
    location ~* /(.*)\.(?:md|yaml|textile)$ {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }

    # Block access to the Statamic app
    location ^~ /statamic {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }

    # Enable gzip compression
    # gzip on;
    # gzip_min_length  1100;
    # gzip_buffers  4 32k;
    # gzip_types    text/plain application/x-javascript text/xml text/css;
    # gzip_vary on;
}