NGINX basic Reserve Proxy

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NGINX and dependencies should already be installed.

sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy_example.conf

server {
	listen 80;
	location /{
		proxy_pass http://1.1.1.1;
	}
}

Proxied:
example.com/images
example.com/text
example.com/video

Webserver defined under proxy_pass like: proxy_pass http://webserver1.example.com

Only for /images proxying

server {
	listen 80;
	location /images{
		proxy_pass http://1.1.1.1;
	}
}

Proxied:
example.com/images/dog.jpg
example.com/images/animals/cat.jpg

to log user information for statistical reasons

server {
	listen 80;
	location /{
		proxy_pass http://1.1.1.1;
		include proxy_params;
	}
}

This includes Instruction specified in another file:

cat /etc/nginx/proxy_params

proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

Enable "Website" via softlink:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy_example.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/proxy.conf

Disbale Default (this is normaly also a softlink so no files will be lost):

sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Check Config files for errors:

sudo nginx -t

"-t" parameter tells nginx to test config files

Example Output:

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test if successful

proxy.conf will not be shown in the output but will still be tested