justinriggio

upstream my_upstream { #this line starts the list of real resources that exist behind the nginx server
  server 127.0.0.1:1337; 
  server 127.0.0.1:1338; #these servers are used in the order they are defined, in round robin fashion. there's more ways of load balancing in the docs
  server 127.0.0.1:1339 backup; #amazingness no.1, the keyword "backup" means that this server should only be used when the rest are non-responsive
  keepalive 64;
}

server {
    listen 80; 
    location /resource.html { #in my example the server only responds to requests for the file /request.html