server { listen 80; server_name localhost; # or your staging domains root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.php index.html index.htm; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; } location ~ \.php$ { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_pass php:9000; # points to the PHP-FPM service fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; } }