gistfile1.nginxconf

# option 1

upstream ups {
  server unix:/tmp/$appname.sock fail_timeout=0;
  server unix:/tmp/backup.sock fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name  _;

  if ($host ~* \.*([^.]+)\.dev$) {
    set $appname $1;
  }

  root /some/dir/$appname/public;

  try_files /system/maintenance.html $uri/index.html $uri.html $uri @app;

  location @app {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_pass http://ups;
  }
}

# --------------------------------

# option 2

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name  _;

  if ($host ~* \.*([^.]+)\.dev$) {
    set $appname $1;
  }

  root /some/dir/$appname/public;

  try_files /system/maintenance.html $uri/index.html $uri.html $uri @app;

  location @app {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/$appname.sock;
    proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/backup.sock;
  }
}