VhostMan-Nginx. A small script (and other bits) for creating virtual hosts with Nginx. Use as you wish. Download all the components - put in your path somewhere and run with vhostman-nginx.sh create domain.com app name. It doesn't need the gunicorn_start file if you don't need that.

gunicorn_start-template.txt

#!/bin/bash
 
NAME="appname"                                  # Name of the application
DJANGODIR=/srv/_domain_/appname             # Django project directory
SOCKFILE=/srv/_domain_/run/gunicorn.sock  # we will communicte using this unix socket
USER=admin                                        # the user to run as
GROUP=admin                                     # the group to run as
NUM_WORKERS=3                                     # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=appname.settings             # which settings file should Django use
DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=appname.wsgi                     # WSGI module name
 
echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami`"
 
# Activate the virtual environment
cd $DJANGODIR
source ../bin/activate
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
 
# Create the run directory if it doesn't exist
RUNDIR=$(dirname $SOCKFILE)
test -d $RUNDIR || mkdir -p $RUNDIR
 
# Start your Django Unicorn
# Programs meant to be run under supervisor should not daemonize themselves (do not use --daemon)
exec ../bin/gunicorn ${DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE}:application \
  --name $NAME \
  --workers $NUM_WORKERS \
  --user=$USER --group=$GROUP \
  --log-level=debug \
  --bind=unix:$SOCKFILE

nginx-template.txt

upstream appname_server {
  # fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed
  # to return a good HTTP response (in case the Unicorn master nukes a
  # single worker for timing out).
 
  server unix:/srv/_domain_/run/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
}
 
server {
 
    listen   80;
    server_name _domain_;
 
    client_max_body_size 4G;
 
    access_log /srv/_domain_/logs/nginx-access.log;
    error_log /srv/_domain_/logs/nginx-error.log;
 
    location /static/ {
        alias   /srv/_domain_/static/;
    }
    
    location /media/ {
        alias   /srv/_domain_/media/;
    }
 
    location / {
        # an HTTP header important enough to have its own Wikipedia entry:
        #   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 
        # enable this if and only if you use HTTPS, this helps Rack
        # set the proper protocol for doing redirects:
        # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
 
        # pass the Host: header from the client right along so redirects
        # can be set properly within the Rack application
        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;
 
        # set "proxy_buffering off" *only* for Rainbows! when doing
        # Comet/long-poll stuff.  It's also safe to set if you're
        # using only serving fast clients with Unicorn + nginx.
        # Otherwise you _want_ nginx to buffer responses to slow
        # clients, really.
        # proxy_buffering off;
 
        # Try to serve static files from nginx, no point in making an
        # *application* server like Unicorn/Rainbows! serve static files.
        if (!-f $request_filename) {
            proxy_pass http://appname_server;
            break;
        }
    }
 
    # Error pages
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
    location = /500.html {
        root /srv/_domain_/static/;
    }
}

supervisorconf-template.txt

[program:appname]
command = /srv/_domain_/bin/gunicorn_start                    ; Command to start app
user = admin                                                  ; User to run as
stdout_logfile = /srv/_domain_/logs/gunicorn_supervisor.log   ; Where to write log messages
redirect_stderr = true 

Vhostman-nginx.bash

#!/bin/bash
### Set default parameters
# somewhat follows the conventions from: http://michal.karzynski.pl/blog/2013/10/29/serving-multiple-django-applications-with-nginx-gunicorn-supervisor/
# designed to run on a debian symbiosis box if your interested why its /srv
action=$1
domain=$2
appname=$3
owner=$(who am i | awk '{print $1}')
sitesEnable='/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/'
sitesAvailable='/etc/nginx/sites-available/'
#userDir=$(eval echo ~${SUDO_USER})'/www/'
dataDir='/srv/'
#get cur dir
SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
 
if [ "$(whoami)" != 'root' ]; then
        echo "You have no permission to run $0 as non-root user. Use sudo !!!"
        exit 1;
fi
 
if [ "$action" != 'create' ] && [ "$action" != 'delete' ] 
	then
		echo "You need to prompt for action (create or delete) -- Lower-case only !!!!!!"
	    exit 1;
fi
 
while [ "$domain" == ""  ]
do
	echo -e "Please provide domain. e.g.dev,staging"
	read  domain
done
 
rootdir=${domain}
 
if [ "$action" == 'create' ] 
	then
		### check if domain already exists
		if [ -e $sitesAvailable$domain ]; then
			echo -e 'This domain already exists.\nPlease Try Another one'
			exit;
		fi
 
		### check if directory exists or not
		if [ -d $dataDir$rootdir ]; then
			echo -e 'Directory already exists !'
			exit;
		fi
 
		### create the directory
		mkdir $dataDir$rootdir
		### create the other dirs
		cd $dataDir$rootdir
		mkdir logs config bin public
		cd ${0%/*}
		pwd 
 
        ## copy template to the dir
        sudo cp $SCRIPTPATH/nginx-template.txt /etc/nginx/sites-available/${domain}
        
        ## now find and replace strings. using sed as im lazy
        sed -i "s/_domain_/${domain}/g" $sitesAvailable$domain
        sed -i "s/appname/${appname}/g" $sitesAvailable$domain
        
        echo -e '\nNew Virtual Host Created\n'
        ln -s $sitesAvailable$domain $dataDir$rootdir/config/vhost
        ln -s $sitesEnable$domain $sitesAvailable$domain 
 		
 		# Now do the gunicorn_start file if that exists
 		if [ -e $SCRIPTPATH/gunicorn_start-template.txt ]; then
            sudo cp $SCRIPTPATH/gunicorn_start-template.txt $dataDir$rootdir/config/gunicorn_start
            sed -i "s/_domain_/${domain}/g" $dataDir$rootdir/config/gunicorn_start
            sed -i "s/appname/${appname}/g" $dataDir$rootdir/config/gunicorn_start
            chmod u+x $dataDir$rootdir/config/gunicorn_start
		fi
 		# Now do the supervisor file if that exists 
 		if [ -e $SCRIPTPATH/supervisorconf-template.txt ]; then
            sudo cp $SCRIPTPATH/supervisorconf-template.txt /etc/supervisor/conf.d/$domain.conf
            sed -i "s/_domain_/${domain}/g" /etc/supervisor/conf.d/$domain.conf
            sed -i "s/appname/${appname}/g" /etc/supervisor/conf.d/$domain.conf
            sudo supervisorctl reread
            sudo supervisorctl update
		fi
		
		#Now install a virtualenv
		# You may want this. Happily remove or add a flag
		virtualenv $dataDir$rootdir
		
		### give permission to root dir
		chmod 755 $dataDir$rootdir
 
		### restart Apache
		sudo service nginx reload 

		### write test file in the new domain dir
		#if ! echo "<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>" > $dataDir$rootdir/public/htdocs/phpinfo.php
		#then
		#    echo "ERROR: Not able to write in file "$dataDir"/"$rootdir"/public/htdocs/phpinfo.php. Please check permissions."
		#    exit;
		#else
		#    echo "Added content to "$dataDir$rootdir"/public/htdocs/phpinfo.php."
		#fi
 
		if [ "$owner" == ""  ]; then
			chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) $dataDir$rootdir
		else
			chown -R $owner:$owner $dataDir$rootdir
		fi
        
		### show the finished message
		echo -e "Complete!
		You now have a new Virtual Host
		Your new host is: http://"$domain"
		And its located at "$dataDir$rootdir
		exit;
	else
		### check whether domain already exists
		if ! [ -e $sitesAvailable$domain ]; then
			echo -e 'This domain dont exists.\nPlease Try Another one'
			exit;
		fi
 
		### check if directory exists or not
		if ! [ -d $dataDir$rootdir ]; then
			echo -e 'Directory not exists !'
			exit;
		fi
        
        ## delete the supervisor script        
        if [ -e /etc/supervisor/conf.d/$domain.conf ]; then
            sudo rm /etc/supervisor/conf.d/$domain.conf
            sudo supervisorctl reread
            sudo supervisorctl update
		fi
 
		### Delete the directory
		rm -rf $dataDir$rootdir
 
		### Delete virtual host rules file
		rm $sitesAvailable$domain
 
		### enable website
		rm $sitesEnable$domain
		rm $sitesAvailable$domain
		 
		### restart Apache
		sudo service nginx reload 
 
		### show the finished message
		echo -e "Complete!
		You just removed Virtual Host "$domain
		exit 0;
fi