Install QGIS Server under Nginx

(Nginx is already installed):

~ $ sudo apt-get install qgis qgis-mapserver
...

With all the python stuff it pulls in, it would probably be better running in a virtualenv but I'm not worrying about that now.

Start the fcgi server for qgis (the port is arbitrary but needs to match the nginx configuration):

~ $ sudo spawn-fcgi -d /home/cccs/production/qgis/projects -p 9993 -- /usr/lib/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi
spawn-fcgi: child spawned successfully: PID: 519

Link and setup nginx (the configuration file is here):

~ $ sudo ln -s /home/cccs/production/deploy/production/qgis_server/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/qgis_server
~ $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/qgis_server /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/qgis_server
~ $ sudo service nginx reload
 * Reloading nginx configuration nginx                                                                             [ OK ] 

The test url is: http://qgis.crossculturalconsult.com/alaska_lakes.qgis?REQUEST=GetCapabilities

Please add some links here on how to get the actual map to display if you know how.