Move the /static handler into the base and have nginx serve the Docker ping endpoint

conf/nginx-nossl.conf

@@ -13,10 +13,5 @@ http {
         include server-base.conf;
 
         listen 80 default;
-
-        location /static/ {
-            # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
-            alias /static/;
-        }
     }
 }

conf/nginx.conf

@@ -23,10 +23,5 @@ http {
         ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
         ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
-
-        location /static/ {
-            # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
-            alias /static/;
-        }
     }
 }

conf/server-base.conf

@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@ location / {
     proxy_pass   http://app_server;
     proxy_read_timeout 2000;
     proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
+}
+
+location /static/ {
+    # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
+    alias /static/;
+}
+
+location /v1/_ping {
+    add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+    return 200 'okay';
 }