Introduction

Requirements

• Ubuntu server
• Nginx
• Nginx minimal website
• HHVM

Installation

fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/hhvm.socket;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $php_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;

Test the Nginx configurations.

sudo nginx -t

Reload Nginx service.

sudo service nginx reload


server{
    
    listen 80;
    server_name test.janikvonrotz.ch;

    location / {

        root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;
        index index.php;

    }

    location ~ \.(hh|php)$ {

        set $php_root /usr/share/phpmyadmin;

        fastcgi_keep_conn on;
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Source

FasterCGI with HHVM
HHVM, Nginx and Laravel
GitHub HHVM Wiki Prebuilt Packages on Ubuntu 12.04