How to configure APIs with nginx

nginx is another popular web server. The htaccess rules won't work with nginx as it does not use those files.

User jhmiller got the APIs to work with the following settings. He originally posted this settings here. If you are facing problems, you may want to track that thread for updates.

location /zm/cgi-bin {
    gzip off;
    alias /usr/lib/cgi-bin;

    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
    fastcgi_pass  unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
}

location /zm {
    gzip off;
    alias                   /usr/share/zoneminder;
    index                   index.php;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        if (!-f $request_filename) { return 404; }
        expires             epoch;
        include             /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param       SCRIPT_FILENAME         $request_filename;
        fastcgi_index       index.php;
        fastcgi_pass        unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico)$ {
        access_log          off;
        expires         33d;
    }

    location /zm/api/ {
        alias                   /usr/share/zoneminder/api;
        rewrite ^/zm/api(.+)$ /zm/api/index.php?p=$1 last;
    }
}