nginx config for gitlab

gitlab.conf

upstream gitlab {
  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket;
}

# This is a normal HTTP host which redirects all traffic to the HTTPS host.
# Replace git.example.com with your FQDN.
server {
    listen *:80;
    server_name gitlab.example.com gitlab;
    server_tokens off;
    root /nowhere; # this doesn't have to be a valid path since we are redirecting, you don't have to change it.
    rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri permanent;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name gitlab.example.com vplitgitlab.example.com vplitgitlab gitlab;
    server_tokens off;
    root /home/git/gitlab/public;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/gitlab.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/gitlab.example.com.key;
    ssl_protocols  SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers AES:HIGH:!ADH:!MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;

    # individual nginx logs for this gitlab vhost
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/gitlab_access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/gitlab_error.log;

    location / {
        # serve static files from defined root folder;.
        # @gitlab is a named location for the upstream fallback, see below
        try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @gitlab;
    }

    # if a file, which is not found in the root folder is requested,
    # then the proxy pass the request to the upsteam (gitlab unicorn)
    location @gitlab {
        proxy_read_timeout    300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
        proxy_connect_timeout 300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
        proxy_redirect        off;

        proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-Proto https;
        proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-Ssl   on;
        proxy_set_header  Host              $http_host;
        proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;

        proxy_pass http://gitlab:8080;
    }
}