Create a folder for your VIM syntax files.
>mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax/
Download the syntax highlighting plugin.
>curl http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=14376 -o ~/.vim/syntax/nginx.vim
Add it to VIM’s file type definitions. Make sure to adjust the path to your Nginx installation if you need to.
>echo "au BufRead,BufNewFile /etc/nginx/conf/* set ft=nginx" >> ~/.vim/filetype.vim
Now enable syntax highlighting in your .vimrc file.
>echo "syntax enable" >> ~/.vimrc
That’s it. Now you’ll have nice colors when you edit your Nginx configs with VIM!
>vim /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
