nginx_django.conf

# Add these to /etc/hosts
# 127.0.0.1       localhost
# 127.0.0.1       local.host

server {
       server_name localhost local.host;
       access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
       error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

       index index.html;
       
       # Disable favicon.ico logging
       location = /favicon.ico {
           log_not_found off;
           access_log off;
       }

       location /static/ {
           alias /path/to/staticfiles/;
           expires 30d;
       }

       location / {
           error_page 404 /<url_to_redirect>/;
           proxy_set_header x-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
           proxy_set_header Host $host;
           proxy_redirect off;
           proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
           proxy_pass_header Server;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_connect_timeout 10;
           proxy_read_timeout 10;
       }
       
       # Disable static content logging and set cache time to max
       location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|css|js|ico|xml)$ {
           access_log off;
           log_not_found off;
           expires max;
       }

       # Deny access to htaccess and htpasswd files
       location ~ /\.ht {
           deny  all;
       }

       # Deny access to hidden files (beginning with a period)
       location ~ /\. {
           access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all;
       }
}