location / {
index index.htm;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|bmp|js|swf|html|htm)$ {
root /home/site/public_html/;
}

I need process the request "GET /" via Nginx (as static file).
Added directive "index" has no effect, the request passed to backend.
What's wrong?

Thanks.