upstream woo { server 127.0.0.1:5000; } server { listen 80; server_name ; root ~/quicklisp/local-projects/ritherdon-archive/templates/; # General request handling this will match all locations location / { # check if with it's a directory and there'a an index.html # if so, rewrite the url to include it and stop processing rules. if (-f $request_filename/index.html) { rewrite ^(.*) $1/index.html break; } # Define custom HTTP Headers to be used when proxying proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header Host $host; # if the requested file does not exist then # proxy to the woo server cluster if (!-f $request_filename) { proxy_pass http://woo; } } }