nginx config

django.conf

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.me;

  access_log /var/log/example/nginx-access.log;
  error_log /var/log/example/nginx-error.log;

  location /static/ {
    alias /home/django/gaokao/static/;

    if ( $uri ~* \.(png|jpe?g|gif|ico|ttf)$ ){
      expires 30d;
    }
  }

  location / {
    # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
    try_files $uri @proxy_to_app;
  }

  location @proxy_to_app {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:8888;
  }

  # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
  # concurs with nginx's one
  #
  location ~ /\.ht {
    deny all;
  }
  location ~ /\.git {
    deny all;
  }
}