Nging site configuration for Meteor applications, as shown at http://joseconstela.com/nginx-config-files-for-production-ready-meteorjs-apps/

meteorapp-nginx-site.conf

server_tokens off; # for security-by-obscurity: stop displaying nginx version

# this section is needed to proxy web-socket connections
map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
    default upgrade;
    ''      close;
}

server {

    listen       8080;
    listen       443 ssl;
    server_name  app.myapplication.com;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1;
    ssl_certificate /home/ubuntu/certs/crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /home/ubuntu/certs/key;

    if ($http_user_agent ~ "MSIE" ) {
        return 303 https://browser-update.org/update.html;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; # allow websockets
        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; # preserve client IP

	# no cache
        expires -1;

        # cache static

        # this setting allows the browser to cache the application in a way compatible with Meteor
        # on every applicaiton update the name of CSS and JS file is different, so they can be cache infinitely (here: 30 days)
        # the root path (/) MUST NOT be cached
    }

}