Simple nginx config (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/tarnbarfordnet) for a reverse proxy to a Flask app running on localhost:8000 and to serve the static files directly though nginx.

tarnbarfordnet

upstream tarnbarfordnet {
        server localhost:8000;
}


server {
        root /usr/share/nginx/www;
        index index.html index.htm;

        server_name localhost;

        access_log /var/log/nginx/tarnbarford_net-access.log;
        error_log   /var/log/nginx/tarnbarford_net-error.log;

        location /static {
                root /home/ubuntu/author/app/;
        }

        # the index page
        location / {
              proxy_pass http://tarnbarfordnet;
        }
}