NGINX

Scoop is necessary

This guide use scoop to install this binary, if you don't have it, check this guide

Here you will need to have NSSM, I give more details in PHP guide.

Install NGINX with scoop

scoop install nginx

Create nginx

And install a new service, here for NGINX

sudo nssm install nginx

You will have a window to create new service, set path with nginx.exe path.

For Path, get path of current nginx, in this example change USERNAME

Path

C:\Users\USERNAME\scoop\apps\nginx\current\nginx.exe

Service name

nginx

Save the new service and start it:

sudo nssm start nginx

In any browser, at http://localhost, you have to see NGINX welcome page.

Restart nginx

If you change some data, like with nginx.conf, you will need to restart Service.

sudo nssm restart nginx

Add a VHost

Add a new VHost to nginx.conf: C:\Users\USERNAME\scoop\apps\nginx\current\conf\nginx.conf

• Add server_names_hash_bucket_size 64; to http block (just once, not for each VHost)
• If you want a VHost check example server block with server_name laravel.localhost;

C:\Users\USERNAME\scoop\apps\nginx\current\conf\nginx.conf file

# ...

http {
  # ...

  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name app.laravel.test; # URL to use on browser
    root "C:/workspace/laravel/public"; # Path to Laravel application
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
      expires -1;
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
      fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9082; # here to use PHP 8.2 with NSSM
      include fastcgi.conf;
    }
  }
}

nginx.conf

You have update nginx.conf, so you need to restart NGINX Service:

sudo nssm restart nginx

hosts

You will need to update hosts to have a new VHost, you will find it here: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts. Open it with any IDE and, at the end, add two lines for each VHost with same server_name of server block. In my example, the server_name is server_name app.laravel.test.

The C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file should look like this:

127.0.0.1       app.laravel.test
::1             app.laravel.test

hosts

INFO

This file is under protection by Windows, you have to accept "Retry as Admin..." on VSCode and save again.

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In any browser, at http://app.laravel.test, you have to see the app (for some browser, you will need to restart it).