Nginx Proxy - Elastic Search

elasticsearch-nginx-proxy-ec2

# Be sure to replace the three <> parts

# New ubuntu machines annoying locale warnings
#sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
#sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y
sudo apt-get install nginx -y
sudo systemctl status nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name <your-route-53-pointing-to-this-machine's-external-ip>;

    location / {
        proxy_pass <http://your-protected-elasticsearch-address>/;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Authorization "";
        proxy_hide_header Authorization;
        auth_basic "Username and Password are required";
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
    }
}

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd <your_username>
cat /etc/nginx/.htpasswd

sudo nginx -t
sudo service nginx reload