Transifex + Django + nginx on Ubuntu vps

 from http://michaelshadle.com/2009/11/01/transifex-django-nginx-on-ubuntu

You can probably also use this for just Django + nginx on Ubuntu too, it should work the same for any Django-based package, just change the Transifex-specific stuff (like /site_media and such.)
Dependencies:

• python-django package from Ubuntu (currently Jaunty's 1.0.2-1ubuntu0.1)
• Transifex installed to /home/transifex/web/transifex, from source
• Transifex setup to answer over fastcgi on port 8080
• Tested on nginx 0.7.x and 0.8.x compiled from source

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

01

server {

02	listen 80;

03	server_name foo.com;

04	include /etc/nginx/confs/defaults.conf;

05	location / {

06	fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8080;

07	include /etc/nginx/confs/django.conf;

08

}

09	location /site_media {

10	root /home/transifex/web/transifex;

11	include /etc/nginx/confs/expires.conf;

12

}

13	location /media {

14	root /usr/share/python-support/python-django/django/contrib;

15	include /etc/nginx/confs/expires.conf;

16

}

17

}

/etc/nginx/confs/defaults.conf:

01	location ~ /\.ht {

02

deny all;

03

}

04

05	location ~ \.svn {

06

deny all;

07

}

08

09	log_not_found off;

10	server_name_in_redirect off;

/etc/nginx/confs/django.conf:

01	# http://www.rkblog.rk.edu.pl/w/p/django-nginx/

02	# http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ServerArrangements

03	fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;

04	fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;

05	fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;

06	fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;

07	fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;

08	fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;

09	fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;

10	fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;

11	fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;

12	fastcgi_intercept_errors off;

/etc/nginx/confs/expires.conf:

1	location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {

2	expires max;

3	access_log off;

4

}