Mastering Nginx

The NGINX HTTP Server

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uwsgi_param UWSGI_FASTROUTER_KEY $host;

uwsgi_pass emperor;

}

# the robots.txt file is found under the "static" subdirectory

# an exact match speeds up the processing

location = /robots.txt {

root /home/www/sites/$host/static;

access_log off;

}

# again an exact match

location = /favicon.ico {

error_page 404 = @empty;

root /home/www/sites/$host/static;

access_log off;

expires 30d;

}

# generates the empty image referenced above

location @empty {

empty_gif;

}

# if anyone tries to access a '.py' file directly,

# return a File Not Found code

location ~* ^.+\.py$ {

return 404;

}

}

}

This enables multiple sites to be dynamically hosted without changing the
NGINX configuration.