https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/edx-code/b1ccc6dJ6ZE (/edx/app/nginx/sites-available/lms)

nginx-lms

upstream lms-backend {
            server 127.0.0.1:8000 fail_timeout=0;
    }

# Shibboleth Setup (Start)
# --------------------------------------------

upstream apache-lms-backend {
    # For a TCP configuration:
    server 127.0.0.1:5253 fail_timeout=0;
}

# Shibboleth Setup (End)
# --------------------------------------------


server {
  listen 80 default;

  ## redirect http to https ##
  rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri? permanent;
}

server {
  # LMS configuration file for nginx, templated by ansible

  listen 443 ssl;
  ssl_certificate /edx/app/nginx/ssl/domain.edu.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /edx/app/nginx/ssl/domain.edu.key;

  ## redirect www to nowww ##
  if ($host ~* ^www\.(.*)) {
     set $host_without_www $1;
     rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://$host_without_www/$1 permanent;
  }

  error_page 503 @maintenance;
  location @maintenance {
    rewrite ^(.*)$ /maintenance.html break;
  }

  access_log /edx/var/log/nginx/access.log;
  error_log /edx/var/log/nginx/error.log error;

  # CS184 requires uploads of up to 4MB for submitting screenshots.
  # CMS requires larger value for course assest, values provided
  # via hiera.
  client_max_body_size 4M;

  rewrite ^(.*)/favicon.ico$ /static/images/favicon.ico last;

  location @proxy_to_lms_app {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $http_x_forwarded_proto;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $http_x_forwarded_port;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $http_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_pass http://lms-backend;
  }

  location / {
    if ($maintenance) {
      return 503;
    }
    try_files $uri @proxy_to_lms_app;
  }

  # No basic auth security on the github_service_hook url, so that github can use it for cms
  location /github_service_hook {
    try_files $uri @proxy_to_lms_app;
  }

  # No basic auth security on the heartbeat url, so that ELB can use it
  location /heartbeat {
    try_files $uri @proxy_to_lms_app;
  }

  # Check security on this
  location ~ /static/(?P<file>.*) {
    root /edx/var/edxapp;
    try_files /staticfiles/$file /course_static/$file =404;

    # return a 403 for static files that shouldn't be
    # in the staticfiles directory
    location ~ ^/static/(?:.*)(?:\.xml|\.json|README.TXT) {
        return 403;
    }

    # http://www.red-team-design.com/firefox-doesnt-allow-cross-domain-fonts-by-default
    location ~ "/static/(?P<collected>.*\.[0-9a-f]{12}\.(eot|otf|ttf|woff))" {
        expires max;
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
        try_files /staticfiles/$collected /course_static/$collected =404;
    }

    # Set django-pipelined files to maximum cache time
    location ~ "/static/(?P<collected>.*\.[0-9a-f]{12}\..*)" {
        expires max;
        # Without this try_files, files that have been run through
        # django-pipeline return 404s
        try_files /staticfiles/$collected /course_static/$collected =404;
    }

    # Expire other static files immediately (there should be very few / none of these)
    expires epoch;
  }

    # Shibboleth Setup (Start)
    # --------------------------------------------

    location @proxy_to_apache_lms {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $http_x_forwarded_proto;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $http_x_forwarded_port;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $http_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

        proxy_redirect off;
        proxy_pass https://apache-lms-backend;
    }

    # pass /Shibboleth.sso on to apache
    location /Shibboleth.sso {
        try_files $uri @proxy_to_apache_lms;
    }

    # pass shib-login on to apache
    location ~ ^/shib-login/?$ {
        try_files $uri @proxy_to_apache_lms;
    }

    # Shibboleth Setup (End)
    # --------------------------------------------
}