the passenger file

nginx.conf

user  _www;
worker_processes  1;

#error_log  logs/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
#error_log  logs/error.log  info;

#pid        logs/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    passenger_root /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7;
    passenger_ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.8;

    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

   server {
      listen 8080;
      server_name localhost;
      root /home/chris/PageLander/public;   # <--- be sure to point to 'public'!
      passenger_enabled on;
   }

}