Setting up proxy for geoserver with nginx

geoserver.conf

Tested on nginx version 1.1.9, ubuntu 12.04
-Command lines in order:
sudo touch /etc/nginx/site-availables/geoserver.conf
sudo vi /etc/nginx/site-availables/geoserver.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/site-availables/geoserver.conf /etc/nginx/site-enabled/geoserver.conf
sudo service nginx start

Content of geoserver.conf

server {
	listen 80;
	server_name 192.168.243.138;
	root /usr/share/nginx/www;
	index index.html index.htm;
	proxy_redirect off;
	location /geodata {
		include proxy_params;
		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/geodata;
	}
}

Content of proxy_params (default)

proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;