Nginx + WordPress ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

Fresh installs a WordPress on Windows for development, and hits the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error message?

Tested URL : http://localhost/index.php/wp-admin/install.php

Tested :

1. PHP 7.1.10
2. WordPress 4.8.3
3. Nginx 1.12.1
4. MySQL 5.7.17
5. Windows 10

	upstream php {
		server 127.0.0.1:9999;
	server {
		listen       80;
		server_name  localhost;
		root www/wordpress;
		location / {
			try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
		location ~ \.php$ {			
			include fastcgi.conf;
			fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
			fastcgi_pass   php;
		location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
				expires max;
				log_not_found off;

Solution

The missing of the default php page caused the “too many redirect” error messages, to fix this, add index index.php;

	upstream php {
		server 127.0.0.1:9999;
	server {
		listen       80;
		server_name  localhost;
		root www/wordpress;
		# fixed wordpress install ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
		index index.php;
		location / {
			try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
		location ~ \.php$ {			
			include fastcgi.conf;
			fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
			fastcgi_pass   php;
		location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
				expires max;
				log_not_found off;

References

1. Nginx + WordPress recipes