worker_processes 1; user nobody nogroup; # 'user nobody nobody;' for systems with 'nobody' as a group instead error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; # increase if you have lots of clients accept_mutex off; # set to 'on' if nginx worker_processes > 1 # 'use epoll;' to enable for Linux 2.6+ # 'use kqueue;' to enable for FreeBSD, OSX } http { include mime.types; # fallback in case we can't determine a type default_type application/octet-stream; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined; sendfile on; upstream app_server { # fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed # to return a good HTTP response # for UNIX domain socket setups server unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0; # for a TCP configuration # server 192.168.0.7:8000 fail_timeout=0; } server { # if no Host match, close the connection to prevent host spoofing listen 80 default_server; return 444; } server { # use 'listen 80 deferred;' for Linux # use 'listen 80 accept_filter=httpready;' for FreeBSD listen 80; client_max_body_size 4G; # set the correct host(s) for your site server_name example.com www.example.com; keepalive_timeout 5; # path for static files root /path/to/app/current/public; location / { # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app try_files $uri @proxy_to_app; } location @proxy_to_app { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with # redirects, we set the Host: header above already. proxy_redirect off; proxy_pass http://app_server; } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; location = /500.html { root /path/to/app/current/public; } } }