Set up MAMP with Nginx, php-fpm and symfony on MacOSX

To make this work, you will need to have MAMP installed.

The steps are as follows: install php-fpm, add your symfony config to nginx.conf, start the server.

Install php5-fpm

You can use macport or brew to install php5-fpm

After it's install, search php5-fpm by doing "which-fpm". Note that it may be called "php-fpm" in some installations.

php5-fpm requires two configurations to be set up: /etc/php-fpm.conf and /etc/php-fpm/pool.d/{whatever}.conf

Sample php-fpm.conf:

https://github.com/perusio/php-fpm-example-config/blob/tcp/fpm/php5-fpm.conf

Sample pool.d/{whatever}.conf

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/nginx-and-php-fpm-configuration-and-optimizing-tips-and-tricks/

Start php5-fpm by

> sudo php5-fpm

In your MAMP config - /conf/nginx/nginx.conf, put in the relevant http and https server settings:

server {
listen 80;
   server_name localhost_moonlight;
   root /Users/rei999/Documents/symfony_workspace/moonlight/web;

   location / {
       try_files $uri /app_dev.php$is_args$args;
   }
   # DEV
   # This rule should only be placed on your development environment
   # In production, don't include this and don't deploy app_dev.php or config.php
   location ~ ^/(app_dev|config)\.php(/|$) {
       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
       include fastcgi_params;
       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
       }

   error_log /Applications/MAMP/logs/nginx/moonlight_error.log;
   access_log /Applications/MAMP/logs/nginx/moonlight_access.log;
}

server {
listen 443 ssl;
   server_name localhost_moonlight;

   ssl_certificate      /Applications/MAMP/conf/ssl/server.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key  /Applications/MAMP/conf/ssl/server.key;

        ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
        ssl_session_timeout  5m;

ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

   root /Users/rei999/Documents/symfony_workspace/moonlight/web;

   location / {
       try_files $uri /app_dev.php$is_args$args;
   }
   # DEV
   # This rule should only be placed on your development environment
   # In production, don't include this and don't deploy app_dev.php or config.php
   location ~ ^/(app_dev|config)\.php(/|$) {
       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
       include fastcgi_params;
       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
       }

   error_log /Applications/MAMP/logs/nginx/moonlight_error.log;
   access_log /Applications/MAMP/logs/nginx/moonlight_access.log;
}

Depending on your PHP-FPM config, the fastcgi_pass can also be fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000.

Start MAMP Nginx.