Using Nginx as a Load Balancer

pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;

default_type application/octet-stream;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 75;
proxy_buffering off;
log_not_found off;
error_log /dev/null;
access_log off;
proxy_connect_timeout 20;
client_header_timeout 60;
client_body_timeout 60;
send_timeout 60;
server {
listen 127.0.0.1:80;
location /nginx_status {
stub_status on;
access_log off;
allow 127.0.0.1;
deny all;
}
}

server {
listen in:80;
server_name dev.portero.com;

location ~ ^/(skin|media)/ {
root /mnt/fs/vhosts/dev.portero.com/public_html;
expires 30d;
}

location / {
proxy_pass http://portero;
}
}

upstream portero {
server out1;
server out2;
}
}

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