nginx configuration for python projects

nginx.conf

user  nginx;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       /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        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    gzip            on;
    gzip_types      application/javascript
                    application/json
                    text/css;
    gzip_proxied    any;
    gzip_min_length 10240;

    server {
        location / {
            include    /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
            uwsgi_pass unix:///path/to/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock;

            # reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25573359/1240172
            uwsgi_read_timeout 120s;
            uwsgi_send_timeout 120s;
        }
    }
}