Sample nginx Config

user www www;
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /var/spool/nginx/nginx.pid;

events {
        worker_connections 1024;
        use /dev/poll; # important on Solaris
}

http {
        include /opt/local/etc/nginx/mime.types;
        default_type application/octet-stream;
        log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] $request '
                        '"$status" $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                        '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
        access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
        sendfile off; # important on Solaris
        keepalive_timeout 60;
        server_tokens off;
        gzip on;
        gzip_http_version 1.0;
        gzip_comp_level 2;
        gzip_proxied any;
        gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
        
        #include the website configuration file
        include /opt/local/etc/nginx/virtualhosts/website.conf;
}

Sample nginx Website Config

upstream unicorn_server {
  server unix:/home/website/web/apps/website/current/tmp/sockets/unicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
}
 
# Redirect domains with www to their no-www counterpart.
####################################
# DOMAIN REDIRECTS
####################################
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name website.com;
  rewrite ^ http://www.website.com$request_uri?;
}


####################################
# SERVER CONFIG
####################################
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.website.com website.com;
  client_body_buffer_size 128k;
  client_max_body_size 50M;
  root /home/website/web/apps/website/current/public;
  keepalive_timeout 5;
  
  proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
  proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
  proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
  proxy_redirect off;
  proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
 


  location / {
    #try_files /system/maintenance.html $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @app_server;
    if (!-f $request_filename){
        #pass all the requests onto the unicorn_server
        proxy_pass http://unicorn_server;
        break;
    }
  }
 
  error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
  location = /500.html {
    root /home/website/web/apps/website/current/public;
  }
 
}

 server {
               listen 443;
                # Defaults to hostname
               server_name www.website.com;
               ssl on;
               ssl_certificate /home/website/etc/2008/www.website.com.crt;
               ssl_certificate_key /home/website/etc/2008/www.website.com.key;
               #ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
                
                keepalive_timeout 70;
                root /var/empty;

               location / {
                        proxy_redirect     off;
                        proxy_pass         http://www.website.com;
                      proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
                      proxy_set_header   X-FORWARDED-PROTO https;
               }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
  location = /500.html {
    root /home/website/web/apps/website/current/public;
  }       
}