upstream BACKEND { server 127.0.0.1:9000; #HHVM server unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock backup; #PHP-FPM in backup mode } server { listen 80; server_name YOUR_SERVER_IP; root /var/www/sampleapp/app/webroot/; index index.php index.html; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; } location ~ \.(hh|php)$ { fastcgi_pass BACKEND; proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_504; fastcgi_read_timeout 30; fastcgi_keep_conn on; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } }