nginx/uwsgi configuration for typical django project.

example.conf

# example.conf

# the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
upstream example {
    server unix:///tmp/example.sock; # for a file socket
}

# configuration of the server
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name .example.com;
    charset     utf-8;

    # max upload size
    client_max_body_size 15M;   # adjust to taste

    # Django media
    location /media  {
        alias /home/example/example/media;  # your Django project's media files
    }

    location /static {
        alias /home/example/example/static; # your Django project's static files
    }

    # Send all non-media requests to the Django server.
    location / {
    # auth_basic "Restricted";
    # auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
    uwsgi_pass  example;
    include /home/example/example/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
    }
}

example.ini

# Configuration file for uWSGI.
[uwsgi]

# Django-related settings
# the base directory (full path)

chdir           = /home/example/example
# Django's wsgi file
module          = example.wsgi
# the virtualenv (full path)
home            = /home/example/.virtualenvs/example
# Django settings
env             = DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=example.settings.prod

# process-related settings
# master
master          = true
# maximum number of worker processes
processes       = 10
# the socket (use the full path to be safe
socket          = /tmp/example.sock
# ... with appropriate permissions - may be needed
# chmod-socket    = 664
# clear environment on exit
vacuum          = true

plugin          = python

uwsgi_params

uwsgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
uwsgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
uwsgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
uwsgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;

uwsgi_param  REQUEST_URI        $request_uri;
uwsgi_param  PATH_INFO          $document_uri;
uwsgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      $document_root;
uwsgi_param  SERVER_PROTOCOL    $server_protocol;
uwsgi_param  HTTPS              $https if_not_empty;

uwsgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
uwsgi_param  REMOTE_PORT        $remote_port;
uwsgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
uwsgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;