Nginx Configuration Example

Use the following example to configure Nginx as a your web server.

upstream rc {

    server 127.0.0.1:5000;

    # add more instances for load balancing
    # server 127.0.0.1:5001;
    # server 127.0.0.1:5002;
}

## gist alias

server {
    listen          443;
    server_name     gist.myserver.com;
    access_log      /var/log/nginx/gist.access.log;
    error_log       /var/log/nginx/gist.error.log;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate     gist.rhodecode.myserver.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key gist.rhodecode.myserver.com.key;

    ssl_session_timeout 5m;

    ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
    ssl_ciphers DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";

    # Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits
    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem;

    rewrite ^/(.+)$ https://rhodecode.myserver.com/_admin/gists/$1;
    rewrite (.*)    https://rhodecode.myserver.com/_admin/gists;
}

server {
    listen          443;
    server_name     rhodecode.myserver.com;
    access_log      /var/log/nginx/rhodecode.access.log;
    error_log       /var/log/nginx/rhodecode.error.log;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate     rhodecode.myserver.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key rhodecode.myserver.com.key;

    ssl_session_timeout 5m;

    ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
    ssl_ciphers DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    ## uncomment root directive if you want to serve static files by nginx
    ## requires static_files = false in .ini file
    # root /path/to/installation/rhodecode/public;

    include         /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
        location / {
            try_files $uri @rhode;
        }

   location @rhode {
        proxy_pass      http://rc;
        }
}