Sample NGINX config for rails app

gistfile1.txt

upstream application {
  server unix:/tmp/example_puma.sock fail_timeout=0;
}

# Optional redirect
#server {
#  listen 80;
#  server_name www.DOMAIN default;
#  return 301 $scheme://DOMAIN$request_uri;
#}

server {

  listen 80;

  server_name example.com default;
  root /opt/boo-kit/current/public;
  try_files $uri/index.html $uri @application;

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

    proxy_pass http://application;

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

  location ~ ^/(assets|images|javascripts|stylesheets|swfs|system|uploads)/ {
    gzip_static on;
    expires max;
    add_header Cache-Control public;
    add_header Last-Modified "";
    add_header ETag "";

    open_file_cache max=1000 inactive=500s;
    open_file_cache_valid 600s;
    open_file_cache_errors on;
    break;
  }

  client_max_body_size 10M;
  keepalive_timeout 300;

  error_page 500 502 504 /500.html;
  error_page 503 @503;

  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }

  location = /404.html {
    root html;
  }
  location @503 {
    error_page 405 = /system/maintenance.html;
    if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) {
      rewrite ^(.*)$ /system/maintenance.html break;
    }
    rewrite ^(.*)$ /503.html break;
  }
  if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD|PUT|POST|DELETE|OPTIONS)$ ){
    return 405;
  }

  if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) {
    return 503;
  }

  location ~ \.(php|html)$ {
    return 405;
  }
}