nginx.conf

upstream fastcgi_backend {
  server fpm:9000;
}

server {
  # listen 8000;
  # server_name domain.tld www.domain.tld;

  # wordpress entry point for all requests
  root /var/www/project;
  index index.php;

  location / {
    # try to serve file directly, fallback to index.php
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_pass fastcgi_backend;

    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_intercept_errors on;

    #The following parameter can be also included in fastcgi_params file
    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
  }

  location ~ /\.(?:ht|git|svn) {
    return 404;
  }

  location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
    expires max;
    log_not_found off;
  }

  location = /status {
    access_log off;
    default_type text/plain;
    add_header Content-Type text/plain;
    return 200 "alive";
  }

  access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
  error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
}