Nginx conf file - example for hosting flask app

virtual.conf

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  my-app.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
        proxy_connect_timeout 300s;
                # Set some HTTP headers so that our app knows where the
                # request really came from
                proxy_set_header Host $host;
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
    location /static {
        alias  /home/apps/my-app/app/static;
    }
    location /favicon.ico {
        alias  /home/apps/my-app/app/static/favicon.ico;
    }
}