nginx.conf

user  nginx;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;


events {
  worker_connections 1024; # increase if you have lots of clients
  accept_mutex off; # set to 'on' if nginx worker_processes > 1
  # 'use epoll;' to enable for Linux 2.6+
  # 'use kqueue;' to enable for FreeBSD, OSX
}

http {
  include mime.types;
  # fallback in case we can't determine a type
  default_type application/octet-stream;
  access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined;
  sendfile on;

  upstream app_server {
    # fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed
    # to return a good HTTP response

    # for UNIX domain socket setups
    # server unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;

    # for a TCP configuration
    # TODO: Use generic name like gunicorn w/ a specific newtork
    server showcase-django:8000 fail_timeout=0;
  }


  server {
    # use 'listen 80 deferred;' for Linux
    # use 'listen 80 accept_filter=httpready;' for FreeBSD
    listen 80 deferred;
    client_max_body_size 4G;

    # set the correct host(s) for your site
    #server_name dovydas.xyz
    server_name _

    keepalive_timeout 5;

    # path for static files
    root /usr/src/app/static;

    location / {
      # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
      try_files $uri @proxy_to_app;
    }
    
    location /static {
        # autoindex on;
        alias /usr/src/app/static/;
    }

    location @proxy_to_app {
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
      # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
      proxy_redirect off;
      proxy_pass http://app_server;
    }

    # error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
    # location = /500.html {
    #   root /path/to/app/current/public;
    # }
  }
}