CodeIgniter Nginx Virtual Host

Currently I am in the process of switching a server from Apache to Nginx and here is a quick tip for those using CodeIgniter or who want to host a bunch of very similar domains. For each server line I do this: 

server {
    server_name .mysite.com;
    root /sites/mysite/www;
    include /sites/nginx/ci_vhost;
}
server {
    server_name .mysecondsite.com;
    root /sites/secondpath/www;
    include /sites/nginx/ci_vhost;
}

Then the ci_vhost includes the common settings: 

index index.html index.php index.htm;

# set expiration of assets to MAX for caching
location ~* .(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)(?[0-9]+)?$ {
    expires max;
    log_not_found off;
}

location / {
    # Check if a file exists, or route it to index.php.
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

location ~* .php$ {
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(.*)$;
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}

This allows you to have all the shared settings in one location and will make future changes much easier. Also this works perfectly for me with CodeIgniter’s default setup. Removing index.php and leaving uri_protocol to AUTO.