I also encountered this problem with a LEMP Centos7 server.
I tried so many different versions and suggestions from the docs, moodle forums, and other sites with recommendations for nginx configuration. Got it installed via command line but pages wouldn't load even though php was working with nginx: tested via a phpinfo() page. After two days of trying every recommended nginx configuration gave up and just set it up on apache. Worked the first time (from the web installer no less)!
It would be great if someone with more web server experience than me could write documentation on LEMP moodle setup on the most recent CentOS and/or Ubuntu LTS. There are obviously some finicky parts that are causing people problems.
I tried so many different versions and suggestions from the docs, moodle forums, and other sites with recommendations for nginx configuration. Got it installed via command line but pages wouldn't load even though php was working with nginx: tested via a phpinfo() page. After two days of trying every recommended nginx configuration gave up and just set it up on apache. Worked the first time (from the web installer no less)!
It would be great if someone with more web server experience than me could write documentation on LEMP moodle setup on the most recent CentOS and/or Ubuntu LTS. There are obviously some finicky parts that are causing people problems.