worker_processes 6; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { include /usr/local/nginx/conf/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; error_log /var/log/nginx_error.log debug; sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay off; gzip on; gzip_http_version 1.0; gzip_comp_level 2; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; upstream mongrel { server 127.0.0.1:5000; server 127.0.0.1:5001; server 127.0.0.1:5002; } server { listen 80; client_max_body_size 50M; # configure the next line to point to your deploy location root /path_to_your_app/current/public; access_log /var/log/nginx.vhost.access.log main; if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) { rewrite ^(.*)$ /system/maintenance.html last; break; } location / { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect false; proxy_max_temp_file_size 0; if (-f $request_filename) { break; } if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break; } if (!-f $request_filename) { proxy_pass http://mongrel; break; } } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; location = /500.html { root /path_to_your_app/current/public; } } }