upstream php-upstream { server unix:/var/run/php/php5-fpm.sock; } server { listen 80; root /var/www/app; index index.php index.html index.htm; server_name milkyway.guern.eu; sendfile off; # add locations for static files to not forward these requests to PHP location ~* \.(css|js) { alias /var/www/app/admin/dist; try_files $uri uri/ =404; } location /api { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/app/api/index.php; fastcgi_pass php-upstream; } location /admin { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/app/index.php; fastcgi_pass php-upstream; } location / { try_files $uri =404; } }