upstream mongrel_servers { server 127.0.0.1:4500; server 127.0.0.1:4501; } server { listen 80; server_name domain.com; root /usr/home/app_user/app/app_name/current/public; index index.html index.htm; if ($request_filename ~* \.(css|jpg|gif|png)$) { break; } if (-f $document_root/system/maintenance.html) { rewrite (.*) system/maintenance.html last; break; } location / { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_redirect false; if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break; } if (-f $request_filename.html) { rewrite (.*) $1.html break; } if (!-f $request_filename) { proxy_pass http://mongrel_servers; break; } } error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root html; } }