nginx.conf

daemon off;
user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
  worker_connections 768;
}

http {
  sendfile on;
  tcp_nopush on;
  tcp_nodelay on;
  keepalive_timeout 65;
  types_hash_max_size 2048;

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

  access_log /dev/stdout;
  error_log /dev/stdout;

  gzip on;
  gzip_disable "msie6";

  include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;

  upstream uwsgi_upstream {
    server 127.0.0.1:8000;
  }

  # Match the upstream header buffer size to http setting
  uwsgi_buffer_size 64k;
  uwsgi_buffers 8 64k;
  uwsgi_read_timeout 60s;
  uwsgi_send_timeout 60s;

  uwsgi_cache_path /app/var/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=cache:1m max_size=1g inactive=10m use_temp_path=off;

  server {
    listen 8080;
    server_name _;

    location = /favicon.ico {
      access_log off;
      log_not_found off;
    }

    location /static/ {
      allow all;
      root /app;
    }

    location /media/ {
      allow all;
      root /app/var;
    }

    location / {
      uwsgi_pass uwsgi_upstream;
    }

    location /api {
      uwsgi_pass uwsgi_upstream;
      uwsgi_cache cache;
      uwsgi_cache_key $request_uri;
      uwsgi_cache_lock on;
      uwsgi_cache_background_update on;
      uwsgi_cache_min_uses 10; # Count requests for an url before the response is cached
      uwsgi_cache_valid 200 1m; # Cache 200 requeste for 1 minute
      uwsgi_cache_bypass $cookie_sessionid; # Invalidate cache for request with the sessionid cookie value (logged-in users)
    }
  }
}