nginx.conf

# nginx.conf

user  nginx;
worker_processes  auto;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    # Upstream configuration to communicate with Gunicorn
    upstream django {
        server unix:/app/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
    }

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name localhost;

        # Serve static files
        location /static/ {
            alias /app/static/;
        }

        # Serve media files (if any)
        location /media/ {
            alias /app/media/;
        }

        # Proxy requests to the Django app
        location / {
            proxy_pass http://django;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        }

        # Error handling (optional)
        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        }
    }
}