nginx_config.md

Example Nginx proxy config for sockets

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upstream geopad-nodejs {
	server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
		default upgrade;
		''      close;
	}

server {

	listen 80;
	server_name geopad.io;
	access_log /var/log/nginx/geopad_access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/geopad_error.log;

		location / {
		# header unchanged
		proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

		# i have no idea what these mean :/
		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
				proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;

		# by referring to the upstream server using this
				# definition, we can easily add more application
				# servers if we want to later.
		proxy_pass http://geopad-nodejs/;

		# WebSocket support (nginx 1.4)
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
		proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";

		proxy_redirect off;

	}

}