Nginx config sample: Django + FastCGI, e.g. Gunicorn

server.conf

upstream app_server {
    # Gunicorn or runfcgi-powered Django server
    server 127.0.0.1:8000 fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
        server_name server.name;
        listen 443 ssl;
        client_max_body_size 4G;
        keepalive_timeout 5;
        access_log  /var/log/nginx/server.access.log;

        ssl_certificate /home/aily/ssl/eily.chained.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /home/aily/ssl/eily.key;
        ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
        ssl_ciphers "EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+RC4 EECDH EDH+aRSA RC4 !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !3DES !MD5 !EXP !PSK !SRP !DSS +RC4 RC4";

        location ~ /(static|media)/.* {
            root /home/www/htdocs;
        }

        location ~ ^/(favicon.ico|favicon.png|robots.txt)$ {
            root /home/www/htdocs/static;
        }

        location / {
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
            # see Django settings.SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER
            proxy_redirect off;
            proxy_pass http://app_server;
        }
}