nginx configuration

base.conf

include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
access_log logs/access.log;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
tcp_nodelay on;
tcp_nopush on;

gzip.conf

gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 2;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6].(?!.*SV1)";

nginx.conf

worker_processes 4;

error_log logs/error.log;

events {
  worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
    # Passenger Global Configurations
    include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/passenger.conf;
    # Basic Nginx Configuration
    include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/base.conf;
    # Gzip Compression Configuration
    include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/gzip.conf;

    # Miso Application Server (http://gomiso.com)
    server {
      listen 8080;
      server_name gomiso.com seacliff.gomiso.com localhost;
      root /var/apps/gomiso/current/public;
      include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/server.conf;
    }

    # CodePath (https://codepath.com)
    server {
      listen 443;
      server_name gomiso.com;
      root /var/apps/gomiso/current/public;
      include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/server.conf;
      include /opt/nginx/conf/includes/ssl.conf;
    }
}

passenger.conf

# Passenger global settings
passenger_root /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.2;
passenger_ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby;
passenger_max_pool_size 10;
passenger_min_instances 2;
passenger_pool_idle_time 0;
passenger_max_instances_per_app 0;
passenger_pre_start http://railsapp.com;

server.conf

# /opt/nginx/conf/includes/server.conf

# Passenger server specific settings
passenger_enabled on;
passenger_use_global_queue on;
rails_spawn_method smart-lv2;
rack_env production;

# Rewrite /media/... to /m/...
location /media/ {
  server_name_in_redirect off;
  rewrite (/media/)(.*)$ /m/$2 permanent;
}

# Rewrite /users/... to /u/...
location /users/ {
  server_name_in_redirect off;
  rewrite (/users/)(.*)$ /u/$2 permanent;
}

# Rewrites to maintenance page for capistrano if exists.
if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html){
  rewrite  ^(.*)$  /system/maintenance.html break;
}

# If files exist in public root, serve them directly
if (-f $document_root/cache/$uri/index.html) {
rewrite (.*) /cache/$1/index.html break;
}

# If the file is stored in the cache folder, serve the file
if (-f $document_root/cache/$uri) {
rewrite (.*) /cache/$1 break;
}

# If the file is stored in the cache and has an html extension, serve the file
if (-f $document_root/cache/$uri.html) {
rewrite (.*) /cache/$1.html break;
}

# Sets an expires header for any assets with a query string
location ~* (stylesheets|javascripts|images|juggernaut) {
  if (!-f $request_filename) {
    break;
  }
  if ($query_string ~* "^[0-9]{3,}$") {
    expires max;
    break;
  }
}

# Assets (Jammit) gzipping
location ~* "/assets/" {
  expires max;
  break;
}

# Dragonfly asset caching (must go to passenger)
location ~* \/uploads\/ {
  expires max;
  passenger_enabled on;
}

# error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
# location = /50x.html {
# root html;
# }

ssl.conf

ssl                  on;
ssl_certificate      /opt/nginx/conf/ssl/railsapp.com.crt;
ssl_certificate_key  /opt/nginx/conf/ssl/railsapp.com.key;
ssl_session_timeout  5m;
ssl_protocols  SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;
ssl_ciphers  ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;

# needed for HTTPS
proxy_set_header X_FORWARDED_PROTO https;
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;
# needed to forward user's IP address to rails
proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;