Simulate Production Server on Local PC, Django-Nginx

gistfile1.py

First all, have DEBUG = True in your settings.py
Nginx should be installed. After nginx install, restart PC, if not already. 

Create a new file in /etc/nginx/sites-available/<file_name>

Put in this. I called mine noodles

/etc/nginx/sites-available/noodles

upstream app_server {
    server 127.0.0.1:8000 fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
    listen    8001;
#   listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on;

    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    client_max_body_size 4G;
    server_name localhost:8000;

    keepalive_timeout 5;

    # Your Django project's media files - amend as required
    location /media  {
        alias /home/noodle/media;
    }

    location /static {
        # this goes to directly static of my local project
        # you must have STATIC_ROOT='static' in your settings.py
        # and must have run python manage.py collectstatic
        alias /home/khophi/Developments/DjangoApps/Noodles/static;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_redirect off;
        proxy_pass http://app_server;
    }
}


In django project root, run python manage.py runserver
That should hook your django to port 8000. Nginx listens on port 8000 for requests but serves then on port 8001.