nginx.conf

server {
  listen	80;
  keepalive_timeout    70;
  access_log    /var/log/nginx/access.log;
  error_log     /var/log/nginx/error.log;

  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
  
  gzip on;
  gzip_disable "msie6";
  gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

  client_max_body_size 500M;

  location ~* \.(?:ico|gif|jpe?g|png|swf)$ {
    # Some basic cache-control for static files to be sent to the browser
    root        /deploy;
    expires     max;
    add_header  Pragma public;
    add_header  Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
  }

  location / {
    root        /deploy;
    expires           0;
    add_header        Cache-Control private;
    sendfile    off;
  }

  location /uploader {
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header Port $server_port;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     proxy_redirect off;
     rewrite ^/uploader/(.*) /$1 break; 
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8888;
  }
}