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+worker_processes 5;
+daemon off;
+
+worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;
+
+events {
+  worker_connections  4096;  # Default: 1024
+}
+
+http {
+    include    $!{nginx}/conf/mime.types;
+    index    index.html index.htm index.php;
+
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+    log_format   main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local]  $status '
+        '"$request" $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+        '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
+    access_log /dev/stdout;
+    error_log /dev/stdout;
+    sendfile     on;
+    tcp_nopush   on;
+    server_names_hash_bucket_size 128; # this seems to be required for some vhosts
+
+  server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name localhost;
+    index index.php index.html index.html;
+    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
+    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
+    charset utf-8;
+    root /app/public;
+    location / {
+      try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
+    }
+    location ~ \.php$ {
+      try_files $uri =404;
+      fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+      fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
+      fastcgi_index index.php;
+      fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+      include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi_params;
+      include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
+    }
+  }
+}
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