nginx.conf

# Set number of worker processes automatically based on number of CPU cores.
worker_processes auto;

# Enables the use of JIT for regular expressions to speed-up their processing.
pcre_jit on;

# Configures default error logger.
error_log     /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;

events {
    # The maximum number of simultaneous connections that can be opened by
    # a worker process.
    worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
    # Includes mapping of file name extensions to MIME types of responses
    # and defines the default type.
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    # Don't tell nginx version to clients.
    server_tokens off;

    # Specifies the maximum accepted body size of a client request, as
    # indicated by the request header Content-Length. If the stated content
    # length is greater than this size, then the client receives the HTTP
    # error code 413. Set to 0 to disable.
    client_max_body_size 5M;

    # Timeout for keep-alive connections. Server will close connections after
    # this time.
    keepalive_timeout 65;

    # Sendfile copies data between one FD and other from within the kernel,
    # which is more efficient than read() + write().
    sendfile on;

    # Don't buffer data-sends (disable Nagle algorithm).
    # Good for sending frequent small bursts of data in real time.
    tcp_nodelay on;

    # Specifies that our cipher suits should be preferred over client ciphers.
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    # Enables a shared SSL cache with size that can hold around 8000 sessions.
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:2m;

    # Enable gzipping of responses.
    gzip on;

    # Set the Vary HTTP header as defined in the RFC 2616.
    gzip_vary on;

    # Enable checking the existence of precompressed files.
    gzip_static on;

    # Specifies the main log format.
    log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                    '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    # Sets the path, format, and configuration for a buffered log write.
    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;

    proxy_connect_timeout 300s;

    proxy_read_timeout 300s;

    server {
        listen        8000 default_server;
        server_name   "";

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

        location / {
            proxy_pass	http://127.0.0.1:5000;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        }

        # Pass through the static files so they aren't served from Django
        location /static {
            alias /srv/dlcs/app_static;
        }
        location /media {
            alias /app_media;
        }
    }
}