Nginx config parameters

nginx.md

ngx_http_upstream_module

upstream http_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8080;

    keepalive 16;
}

server {
    ...

    location /http/ {
        proxy_pass http://http_backend;
        proxy_http_version 1.1; # <= Set it to 1.1 so that keepalive works.
        proxy_set_header Connection ""; # <= This header must be cleared.
        ...
    }
}

Serve compressed content directly from disk

location ~ ^/assets/ {
  expires 1y;
  add_header Cache-Control public;
 
  add_header ETag "";
  break;
}

References

• Nginx Configuration
• ngx_http_upstream_module
• Someone Nginx Configuration
• Rails guides assets - nginx server-configuration
• NGinx -> TorqueBox configuration