# Rails Virtual Host
# save this file in your app's config directory as nginx.conf
# replace app_name w/ your app's name
# replace app.com w/ your app's domain
server {
listen 80;
server_name app.com;
root /rails/app_name/current/public;
access_log /rails/app_name/shared/log/nginx.log main;
# Set the max size for file uploads to 50Mb
client_max_body_size 50M;
# 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;
# 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://app_name;
break;
}
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
location = /500.html {
root /www/apps/app_name/current/public;
}
}
