nginx.conf for Django projects

example.nginxconf

upstream django {
	server unix:///tmp/example.com.sock;
}

server {
	server_name www.example.com example.com;
	rewrite ^ https://example.com$request_uri? permanent;
}

server {
	listen 443 ssl;
	server_name example.com;
	ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt;
	ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/server.key;
	charset utf-8;
	client_max_body_size 75M;

	# Configure error templates.
	error_page 404 /srv/www/example.com/example/templates/404.html;
	error_page 500 /srv/www/example.com/example/templates/500.html;

	# Enable gzip compression.
	gzip on;
	gzip_min_length 1100;
	gzip_buffers 4 32k;
	gzip_types text/plain application/x-javascript text/xml text/css;
	gzip_vary on;

	location /media { # STATIC_URL
		alias /srv/www/example.com/public/media;
		expires 30d;
	}
	location /static { # MEDIA_URL
		alias /srv/www/example.com/public/static;
		expires 30d;
	}

	# Serve favicon and SEO-related stuff.
	location ~ ^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ {
		alias /srv/www/example.com/public/$1;
		log_not_found off;
	}
	location = /crossdomain.xml { alias /srv/www/example.com/public/crossdomain.xml; }
	location = /humans.txt      { alias /srv/www/example.com/public/humans.txt; }
	location = /robots.txt      { alias /srv/www/example.com/public/robots.txt; }

	# Finally, send all non-media requests to the Django server.
	location / {
		uwsgi_pass django;
		include /srv/www/example.com/uwsgi_params;
	}
}