# Walter McGinnis, 2007-08-13 # updated based on http://brainspl.at/nginx.conf.txt # see there for comments on each option user your_user_account your_user_account_or_group_if_different; worker_processes 6; pid logs/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { include conf/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; # configure log format 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; # main error log error_log logs/nginx_error.log debug; # rewrite_log on; # I have yet to find where this gets saved to :( sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay off; # output compression saves bandwidth gzip on; gzip_http_version 1.0; gzip_comp_level 2; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; # your_app ------------------------------------------------------ # redirect "www.your_app.com" to "your_app.com" # you may want to do the reverse server { listen 80; server_name www.your_app.com; location / { rewrite ^(.*)$ http://your_app.com$1 last; } } server { listen 443; server_name www.your_app.com; location / { rewrite ^(.*)$ https://your_app.com$1 last; } } # add listeners on ports here as needed for your mongrel cluster # i.e. server 127.0.0.1:8001; # server 127.0.0.1:8002; # etc upstream your_app { server 127.0.0.1:8000; } # for non-ssl traffic, i.e. http server { listen 80; server_name your_app.com; # Set the max size for file uploads # we set this high here and manage it # within our app's system setting for max file size client_max_body_size 500M; access_log logs/access.your_app.log main; error_log logs/error.your_app.log debug; # doc root root /your_home_directory_path/apps/your_app/public; # this rewrites all the requests to the maintenance.html # page if it exists in the doc root. This is for capistrano's # disable web task if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) { rewrite ^(.*)$ /system/maintenance.html last; break; } location / { # needed to forward user's IP address to rails proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; # needed for HTTPS proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect false; proxy_max_temp_file_size 0; # If the file exists as a static file serve it directly without # running all the other rewite tests on it if (-f $request_filename) { break; } # check for index.html for directory index # if its there on the filesystem then rewite # the url to add /index.html to the end of it # and then break to send it to the next config rules. if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break; } # this is the meat of the rails page caching config # it adds .html to the end of the url and then checks # the filesystem for that file. If it exists, then we # rewite the url to have explicit .html on the end # and then send it on its way to the next config rule. # if there is no file on the fs then it sets all the # necessary headers and proxies to our upstream mongrels if (-f $request_filename.html) { rewrite (.*) $1.html break; } if (!-f $request_filename) { proxy_pass http://your_app; break; } } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; location = /500.html { root /your_home_directory_path/apps/your_app/public; } } # for ssl encrypted traffic, i.e. https server { listen 443; server_name your_app.com; # Set the max size for file uploads # we set this high here and manage it # within our app's system setting for max file size client_max_body_size 500M; access_log logs/access.your_app.log main; error_log logs/error.your_app.log debug; # doc root root /your_home_directory_path/apps/your_app/public; # this rewrites all the requests to the maintenance.html # page if it exists in the doc root. This is for capistrano's # disable web task if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) { rewrite ^(.*)$ /system/maintenance.html last; break; } location / { # needed to forward user's IP address to rails proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; # needed for HTTPS proxy_set_header X_FORWARDED_PROTO https; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect false; proxy_max_temp_file_size 0; # If the file exists as a static file serve it directly without # running all the other rewite tests on it if (-f $request_filename) { break; } # check for index.html for directory index # if its there on the filesystem then rewite # the url to add /index.html to the end of it # and then break to send it to the next config rules. if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break; } # this is the meat of the rails page caching config # it adds .html to the end of the url and then checks # the filesystem for that file. If it exists, then we # rewite the url to have explicit .html on the end # and then send it on its way to the next config rule. # if there is no file on the fs then it sets all the # necessary headers and proxies to our upstream mongrels if (-f $request_filename.html) { rewrite (.*) $1.html break; } if (!-f $request_filename) { proxy_pass http://your_app; break; } } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; location = /500.html { root /your_home_directory_path/apps/your_app/public; } } }