NGINX static hosting

nginx.conf

user  nginx;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /dev/stderr warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
	include       /etc/nginx/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         /dev/stdout  main;
	sendfile           on;
	keepalive_timeout  65;

	gzip on;

	server {
		listen 80;

		server_tokens off;
		add_header X-Frame-Options 'SAMEORIGIN';
		add_header X-XSS-Protection '1; mode=block';

		error_page 404 /404.html;

		location = /404.html {
			root /var/www/;
			internal;
		}

		if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD)$ )
		{
			return 405;
		}

		index index.html;
		root /var/www/;

		location /ping {
			access_log off;
			return 200 'pong';
		}
	}
}