nginx.conf

server {
    listen   80; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
    #listen   [::]:80 default ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6
    server_name  application;

    access_log off;
    error_log /dev/stdout;

    root /var/www/html/public;
    index index.php;

    charset utf-8;

    # this causes issues with Docker
    sendfile off;

    location = favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
    location = robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    # look for local files on the container before sending the request to fpm
    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    # socket.io
    location /socket.io {
        proxy_pass http://laravel-echo-server:6001;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

    # nothing local, let fpm handle it
    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass            127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index           index.php;
        include                 fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param           REQUEST_METHOD  $request_method;
        fastcgi_param           SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param           QUERY_STRING    $query_string;
        fastcgi_param           CONTENT_TYPE    $content_type;
        fastcgi_param           CONTENT_LENGTH  $content_length;
        # Httpoxy exploit (https://httpoxy.org/) fix
        fastcgi_param           HTTP_PROXY "";
   }

    # Deny .htaccess file access
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}