Nginx configuration file for gitlab

gitlab_nginx.conf

server {
    listen YOUR_SERVER_IP:80;         # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80;
    server_name YOUR_SERVER_FQDN;     # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
    root /home/gitlab/gitlab/public;

    # individual nginx logs for this gitlab vhost
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/gitlab_access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/gitlab_error.log;

    location / {
        # serve static files from defined root folder;.
        # @gitlab is a named location for the upstream fallback, see below
        try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @gitlab;
    }

    # if a file, which is not found in the root folder is requested, 
    # then the proxy pass the request to the upsteam (gitlab unicorn)
    location @gitlab {
      proxy_redirect     off;

      # you need to change this to "https", if you set "ssl" directive to "on"
      proxy_set_header   X-FORWARDED_PROTO http;
      proxy_set_header   Host              $http_host;
      proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;

      proxy_pass http://gitlab;
    }
}