Nginx configuration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*Configuration file changes*

This configuration example adds a named location_ called @sfc which replaces the usual invocation of TYPO3's index.php.
The @sfc location_ includes all checks necessary to decide whether the current request can be handled with
a static file or needs to be directed to TYPO3.
If all checks pass, the try_files_ directive is used to find the files in
typo3temp/tx_ncstaticfilecache/ and if unavailable, redirect to index.php.

In your nginx configuration you need to replace your '/' location, which probably looks like the following:

.. code-block:: nginx

   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
   }

By the following configuration:

.. code-block:: nginx

   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ @sfc;
   }

   # Special root site case. prevent "try_files $uri/" + "index" from skipping the cache
   # by accessing /index.php directly
   location =/ {
       recursive_error_pages on;
       error_page 405 = @sfc;
       return 405;
   }

   location @t3frontend {
       # Using try_files for ease of configuration demonstration here,
       # you can also fastcgi_pass directly to php here
       try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
   }

   location @sfc {
       # Perform an internal redirect to TYPO3 if any of the required
       # conditions for static file cache don't match
       error_page 405 = @t3frontend;

       # Query String needs to be empty
       if ($args != '') {
           return 405;
       }

       # We can't serve static files for logged-in BE/FE users
       if ($cookie_nc_staticfilecache = 'fe_typo_user_logged_in') {
           return 405;
       }
       if ($cookie_be_typo_user != '') {
           return 405;
       }

       # Ensure we redirect to TYPO3 for non GET/HEAD requests
       if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD)$ ) {
           return 405;
       }

       charset utf8;
       try_files /typo3temp/tx_ncstaticfilecache/${scheme}/${host}${uri}/index.html
             /typo3temp/tx_ncstaticfilecache/${scheme}/${host}${uri}
             =405;
   }

   location /typo3temp/tx_ncstaticfilecache {
       deny all;
   }

*Extension configuration*

Nginx does not interpret .htaccess files, therefore you may want to disable the
sendCacheControlHeader and sendCacheControlHeaderRedirectAfterCacheTimeout
options to prevent .htaccess generation.

.. _location: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#location
.. _try_files: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#try_files