upstream django { #server app:8000; server unix:///var/run/socks/app.sock; } server { listen 9999; location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; } location /static/ { root /code/core/; } location / { include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed proxy_pass http://django; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; } }