discourse/config/nginx.sample.conf

upstream discourse {
  server unix:/home/discourse/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.0.sock;
  server unix:/home/discourse/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.1.sock;
  server unix:/home/discourse/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.2.sock;
  server unix:/home/discourse/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.3.sock;
}

server {

  listen 80;
  gzip on;
  gzip_min_length 1000;
  gzip_types application/json text/css application/x-javascript;

  server_name enter.your.web.hostname.here;

  sendfile on;

  keepalive_timeout 65;

  location / {
    root /home/discourse/discourse/public;

    location ~ ^/t\/[0-9]+\/[0-9]+\/avatar {
      expires 1d;
      add_header Cache-Control public;
      add_header ETag "";
    }

    location ~ ^/assets/ {
      expires 1y;
      add_header Cache-Control public;
      add_header ETag "";
      break;
    }

    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;
    proxy_set_header  Host $http_host;


    # 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;
    }

    if (!-f $request_filename) {
      proxy_pass http://discourse;
      break;
    }

  }

}