choco install mysql
choco install mysql.workbench # this one doesn't work at the moment so download and install separately
choco install php
choco install nginx

move WinSW-x64.exe C:\tools\php82\php-cgi-service.exe

<service>
  <id>php-cgi</id>
  <name>PHP Fast CGI</name>
  <description>Run PHP Fast CGI as a Service</description>
 <!-- <env name="JENKINS_HOME" value="%BASE%"/>  -->
  <executable>C:\tools\php82\php-cgi.exe</executable>
  <arguments>-b 127.0.0.1:9999</arguments>
  <log mode="roll"></log>
</service>

# php-cgi-service.exe is the renamed WinSW-x64.exe executeable
# you need a file named service.xml in the same directory 
# as above to be able to install the service
php-cgi-service.exe install

#user  nobody;
worker_processes 1;

#error_log  logs/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;

#pid        logs/nginx.pid;
events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}


http {
    include mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
    #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
    #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    #access_log  logs/access.log  main;
    sendfile on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout 65;

    #gzip  on;

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name localhost;

        error_log logs/error.log debug;

        #charset koi8-r;

        #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
        location / {
            root html;
            index index.html index.htm index.php;
        }

        location /subdir/ {
            index index.php;
            alias C:/dev/cake/webroot/;

            # this will serve the file or dir
            # then the frontend controller (index.php)
            try_files $uri $uri/ @subdir;

            location ~ \.php$ {
                try_files $uri =404;
                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9999;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
                fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
            }
        }

        location @subdir {
            # thanks to https://www.paveltashev.com/blog/nginx-how-to-config-domain-subdirectory-to-point-to-a-subfolder/
            rewrite ^ /subdir/index.php last;
        }

        # this redirects /subdir to /subdir/
        location = /subdir {
            rewrite ^ /subdir/ permanent;
        }

        #error_page  404              /404.html;
        # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
        #
        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root html;
        }

        # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
        #
        #location ~ \.php$ {
        #    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
        #}

        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
        #
        location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9999;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
            try_files $uri =404;
        }

        # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
        # concurs with nginx's one
        #
        #location ~ /\.ht {
        #    deny  all;
        #}
    }


    # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       80;
    #    listen       80;
    #    server_name  somename  alias  another.alias;
    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}
    # HTTPS server
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       80 ssl;
    #    server_name  localhost;
    #    ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
    #    ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;
    #    ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
    #    ssl_session_timeout  5m;
    #    ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    #    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;
    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}
}