nginx config file for a proxy server

nginx.conf

# user     nobody; 
worker_processes  1;
# error_log  logs/error.log;
# pid        logs/nginx.pid;
# worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;

events {
  worker_connections  1024;  ## Default: 1024
}

http {
  include    mime.types;
#   include    /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
#   include    /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
  index    index.html index.htm index.php;

  default_type application/octet-stream;
#   access_log   logs/access.log  main;
  sendfile     on;
  tcp_nopush   on;
  server_names_hash_bucket_size 128; # this seems to be required for some vhosts

  server { # simple reverse-proxy
    listen       8080;
    # server_name  domain2.com www.domain2.com;
    # access_log   logs/domain2.access.log  main;

    # serve static files
    location ~ \.(gif|jpg|png)$ {
      root    /Users/kschlesinger/images;
      expires 30d;
    }

    # pass requests for dynamic content to rails/turbogears/zope, et al
    location / {
      proxy_pass      http://127.0.0.1:8080;
    }
  }

#   upstream big_server_com {
#     server 127.0.0.3:8000 weight=5;
#     server 127.0.0.3:8001 weight=5;
#     server 192.168.0.1:8000;
#     server 192.168.0.1:8001;
#   }

#   server { # simple load balancing
#     listen          80;
#     server_name     big.server.com;
#     access_log      logs/big.server.access.log main;

#     location / {
#       proxy_pass      http://big_server_com;
#     }
#   }
}