Have nginx serve the static files to not overwhelm flask.

nginx.conf

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+
     default_type application/octet-stream;
     access_log /tmp/nginx.access.log combined;
     sendfile on;
@@ -33,9 +35,6 @@ http {
 
         keepalive_timeout 5;
 
-        # path for static files
-        root /home/ubuntu/quay/static;
-
         ssl on;
         ssl_certificate /home/ubuntu/quay/certs/unified.cert;
         ssl_certificate_key /home/ubuntu/quay/certs/quay.key;
@@ -44,13 +43,14 @@ http {
         ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 
-        location / {
+        location /static/ {
             # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
-            try_files $uri @proxy_to_app;
+            alias /home/ubuntu/quay/static/;
         }
 
-        location @proxy_to_app {
+        location / {
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
             proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
             proxy_redirect off;
             proxy_buffering off;