I'm trying to setup a nginx (1.4.1) reverse proxy to a HornetQ API using this configuration: proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Host $host; upstream app { server 127.0.0.1:8000; keepalive 8; } server { listen 0.0.0.0:7000; server_name localhost; location / { deny all; } location = /messaging/ { proxy_pass http://app/messaging/; proxy_bufby Pommi - Nginx Mailing List - English