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+This is the configuration file for a nginx reverse proxy which runs in front of
+the circus daemon. See the following image;
+
+![nginx and circus](http://circus.readthedocs.org/en/latest/_images/circus-stack.png)
+
+Copy the file over your /etc/nginx/sites-available/default file.
diff --git a/nginx/default b/nginx/default
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+map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
+	default	upgrade;
+	''	close;
+}
+
+server {
+	listen 80 default_server;
+	listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+
+	location / {
+		proxy_pass		http://127.0.0.1:6700;
+		proxy_redirect		off;
+		proxy_buffering		off;
+		proxy_set_header	Upgrade			$http_upgrade;
+		proxy_set_header	Connection		$connection_upgrade;
+		proxy_set_header	Host			$http_host;
+		proxy_set_header	X-Forwarded-For		$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+		proxy_set_header	X-Forwarded-Proto	http;
+	}
+}