nginx setup amazon linux

wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.11.8.tar.gz

tar -xvzf nginx-1.11.8.tar.gz

cd nginx-1.11.8

./configure --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin --with-http_ssl_module

make

make install

vim /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

Add the following to server section:

   listen       80;

        server_name  domain.com;

        #charset koi8-r;

        #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

        location / {

            root  /var/www/html/folder;

            index  index.php index.html index.htm;

        }

        location ~ \.php$ {

                fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;

                fastcgi_index  index.php;

                fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /var/www/html/folder$fastcgi_script_name;

                include        fastcgi_params;

        }

nginx(simple to start) or /usr/local/sbin/nginx

nginx -s stop

sudo yum install php56-fpm

nginx -t to locate config file

service php-fpm start/stop/restart

vim  /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf -> change user and group

vim /etc/php-fpm.conf