Sample nginx file for web application with gzip and cache

nginx.conf

user  www-user;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  logs/error.log;
error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
error_log  logs/error.log  info;

pid        logs/nginx.pid;



events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    passenger_root /usr/local/rvm/gems/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/gems/passenger-3.0.7;
    passenger_ruby /usr/local/rvm/wrappers/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/ruby;

    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    client_max_body_size 100m;

    gzip  on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript;
    gzip_disable     "MSIE [1-6]\.";
    gzip_vary on;
    #gzip_proxied any;
    #gzip_buffers 128 128k;
    #gzip_min_length  1100;

    
    server {
        
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;
        root /home/rahul/workspace/my_app/public;
        passenger_enabled on;

        location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png|swf)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
            expires max;
            break;
        }

    }
}