Using MODx with nginx webserver (like lighttpd)

server{
    listen                80;
    server_name           mysite.com;

    root /path/to/webroot;

    location / {
        root /path/to/webroot;
        index index.php index.html;

        # This is the important part - map any extension of
        # /blahblahblah that doesn't exist to index.php

        if (!-e $request_filename) {
                rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
        }
    }

    # This is using spawn-fcgi for PHP processes
    # This may differ for your
    location ~ \.php(.*)$ {
        include /etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/webroot/$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

location ~ \.php(.*)$ {
        include /etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/webroot/$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name .mydomain.net;

        # index index.php;
        root   /home/mylogin/sources/modx-1.0.0;

        location / {
          index    index.php;
        }

        location ~ \.php(/|$) {
        include fastcgi_params.modx;
        }

        # serve static files directly
        location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico)$ {
            root /home/mylogin/sources/modx-1.0.0;
            access_log        off;
            expires           30d;
            break;
        }
    }

fastcgi_connect_timeout 60;
fastcgi_send_timeout 300;
fastcgi_buffers 4 32k;
fastcgi_busy_buffers_size 32k;
fastcgi_temp_file_write_size 32k;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_ignore_client_abort on;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;