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upstream localhost {
	server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}

server {
	listen      80;
	server_name localhost;

	# Set the max size for file uploads to 50Mb
	client_max_body_size 80M;

	access_log  logs/access.localhost.log;

	# doc root
	root /projects/mms/public;

	# this rewrites all the requests to the maintenance.html
	# page if it exists in the doc root. This is for capistrano's
	# disable web task
	if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) {
	      rewrite  ^(.*)$  /system/maintenance.html last;
	      break;
	}

        location / {
		# needed to forward user's IP address to rails
        proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;

		# needed for HTTPS in the future
	 	proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      	proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      	proxy_redirect false;
      	proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
        
	      # If the file exists as a static file serve it directly without
	      # running all the other rewite tests on it
	      if (-f $request_filename) { 
              	break; 
	      }

	      # check for index.html for directory index
	      # if its there on the filesystem then rewite 
	      # the url to add /index.html to the end of it
	      # and then break to send it to the next config rules.
	      if (-f $request_filename/index.html) {
        	rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break;
	      }

	      # this is the meat of the rails page caching config
	      # it adds .html to the end of the url and then checks
	      # the filesystem for that file. If it exists, then we
	      # rewite the url to have explicit .html on the end 
	      # and then send it on its way to the next config rule.
	      # if there is no file on the fs then it sets all the 
	      # necessary headers and proxies to our upstream mongrels
	      if (-f $request_filename.html) {
        	rewrite (.*) $1.html break;
	      }

	      if (!-f $request_filename) {
        	proxy_pass http://localhost;
	        break;
	      }
	
		#proxy_pass http://localhost;
		# track uploads in the 'proxied' zone
		track_uploads proxied 30s;
	}

	location ^~ /progress_upload {
		# report uploads tracked in the 'proxied' zone
		report_uploads proxied;
	}

    error_page   500 502 503 504  /500.html;
   	location = /500.html {
    	root   /projects/mms/public;
	}
}