Nginx configuration file for private VPN deployment of a Meteor app with HAProxy handling load balancing

nginx.conf

upstream haproxy {
  server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}

upstream stats {
	server 127.0.0.1:9999;
}

server {
	listen   80; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
	#listen   [::]:80 default ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6

	# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
	server_name localhost;

          location ~ ^/(images/|img/|javascript/|js/|css/|stylesheets/|font/|fonts/|flash/|media/|static/|robots.txt|humans.txt|favicon.ico) {
              root /home/deploy/www/pegleg/current/bundle/static;
              access_log off;
              expires max;
          }
          
          location ~* \.(js|css)$ {
              root /home/deploy/www/pegleg/current/bundle/static_cacheable;
              access_log off;
              expires max;
          }

	location /haproxy {
		proxy_redirect off;
		proxy_pass http://stats;
	        proxy_set_header   Connection "";
        	proxy_http_version 1.1;
        	proxy_set_header        Host            $host;
        	proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP       $remote_addr;
        	proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;	
	}

	location / {
		proxy_redirect off;
		proxy_pass http://haproxy;
	        proxy_set_header   Connection "";
        	proxy_http_version 1.1;
        	proxy_set_header        Host            $host;
        	proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP       $remote_addr;
        	proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
	}
}