• Run the following:

rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
yum -y upgrade
yum install mariadb mariadb-server mysql vim-enhanced nginx php-fpm php-mysql php-pear php-bcmath php-common php-gd php-pdo php-pdo-mysql php-mcrypt

• edit /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf
  • under [server] heading, add the following:

  bind-address = 127.0.0.1

• run the following:

systemctl restart mariadb; systemctl enable mariadb; mysql_secure_installation

• It will ask you a set of questions. The default MySQL (MariaDB) root password is blank. Set it, and say “Y” to everything else
  • run the following:

cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep processor -c

• if the number returns is anything other than “1”, edit “/etc/nginx/nginx.conf”
  • change worker_processes to the number the last command outputted
• Run nginx -t
  • If it doesn’t give an error, run the following:

  systemctl restart nginx; systemctl enable nginx

• Edit /etc/php.ini
  • uncomment “date.timezone = ” and set it to your Timezone. For example:

  date.timezone = America/Chicago

• change expose_php to “Off”
  • Edit /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
• change user and group:

  user = nginx
  group = nginx

• Run this to set the logs properly:

  chown nginx:root /var/log/php-fpm -R

• Start php-fpm:

  systemctl restart php-fpm; systemctl enable php-fpm

• Create your document root

  mkdir -p /srv/www/YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE
  chown nginx:nginx -R /srv/www

• Download Magento (you will need to sign up for their site)
• SCP/SFTP it to your server (I just dropped it in /root/)
• Untar it, move the files around, and set ownership:

  cd /srv/www/YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE
  tar zxf ~/magento-1.9.1.0.tar.gz; mv magento* .
  mv magento/.htaccess* .
  cd /srv/
  chown nginx:nginx * -R

• Next, we need to set up the hostfile for the site. Edit /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf, and put this in there (changing all instances of “YOURDOMAINGOES_HERE” with your domain/sub-domain):

server {
        listen 80 default;
## SSL directives might go here
        server_name YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE www.YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE; ## Domain is here twice so server_name_in_redirect will favour the www
        root /srv/www/YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE;

        location / {
                index index.html index.php; ## Allow a static html file to be shown first
                try_files $uri $uri/ @handler; ## If missing pass the URI to Magento's front handler
                expires 30d; ## Assume all files are cachable
        }

        ## These locations would be hidden by .htaccess normally
        location ^~ /app/                { deny all; }
        location ^~ /includes/           { deny all; }
        location ^~ /lib/                { deny all; }
        location ^~ /media/downloadable/ { deny all; }
        location ^~ /pkginfo/            { deny all; }
        location ^~ /report/config.xml   { deny all; }
        location ^~ /var/                { deny all; }

        location /var/export/ { ## Allow admins only to view export folder
                auth_basic           "Restricted"; ## Message shown in login window
                auth_basic_user_file htpasswd; ## See /etc/nginx/htpassword
                autoindex            on;
        }

        location  /. { ## Disable .htaccess and other hidden files
                return 404;
        }

        location @handler { ## Magento uses a common front handler
                rewrite / /index.php;
        }

        location ~ .php/ { ## Forward paths like /js/index.php/x.js to relevant handler
                rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
        }

        location ~ .php$ { ## Execute PHP scripts
                if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite / /index.php last; } ## Catch 404s that try_files miss

                expires        off; ## Do not cache dynamic content
                fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
                fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_CODE default; ## Store code is defined in administration > Configuration > Manage Stores
                fastcgi_param  MAGE_RUN_TYPE store;
                include        fastcgi_params; ## See /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params
        }
}

• Run this:

  nginx -t

• If there aren’t any errors, restart nginx:

  systemctl restart nginx

• Next, we need to hop on MariaDB:

  mysql -p

• Now, to add the database & user/pass (Change the database name, user, and pass to what you want):

  CREATE DATABASE magento;
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON magento.* TO 'magento_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASS_GOES_HERE';

• Finally, go to the server IP or domain and go through the setup.

Would it be possible if someone could explain how to configure /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf to use multistore configuration if I use more than two domains, for example domain.com and domain.net