Also, it's better to use this configuration

location / { root html; index index.html index.htm; try_files $uri @magazine; }

locaiton @magazine { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_set_header X-FORWARDED_PROTO https;

proxy_pass http://dev1.magazine.com:8000; }

without "if" and "upstream dev1.magazine.com".

By default

proxy_pass http://dev1.magazine.com:8000;

also adds

proxy_redirect http://dev1.magazine.com:8000/ /;