# Disable Rails's static asset server (Apache or nginx will already do this) config.serve_static_assets = false upstream thin { server '127.0.0.1:3000'; server '127.0.0.1:3001'; server '127.0.0.1:3002'; server '127.0.0.1:3003'; server '127.0.0.1:3004'; } server { listen 80 default deferred; # server_name example.com; root /home/user/appname/public; location ^~ /assets/ { root /home/user/appname/public; gzip_static on; expires max; add_header Cache-Control public; } location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect off; proxy_pass http://thin; } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; client_max_body_size 4G; keepalive_timeout 10; } server { listen 80 default deferred; # server_name example.com; root /home/user/appname/public; try_files $uri @app; location ^~ /assets/ { root /home/user/appname/public; gzip_static on; expires max; add_header Cache-Control public; } location @app { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect off; proxy_pass http://thin; } error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html; client_max_body_size 4G; keepalive_timeout 10; }