Here's the config: location ~ ^/purge(/.*)$ { allow 127.0.0.1; allow 192.168.0.0/16; allow 72.12.74.93; deny all; proxy_cache_purge staticfilecache "$scheme://$host$1"; } Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,61318,63815#msg-63815