sample Nginx config for proxying

_overview.md

NGINX proxies

Two Nginx configs that I use for external and internal proxies.

Here is a link to one of the companion configs that I also use on ruby systems.

https://github.com/iansheridan/dasypygal-god-configs

internal.proxy.conf

upstream example_app {
  server unix:/path/to/socket/example.sock fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
  listen       80;
  server_name  www.example.com;

  root   /var/www;

  index  index.html index.htm index.php;

  rewrite app_name$ /app_name/ permanent;
  location /app_name/ {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    # static files for app specific files (not always needed eg. api's)
    root /var/www/app_name/public;

    # If you don't find the filename in the static files
    # Then request it from the api server
    if (!-f $request_filename) {
      proxy_pass http://example_app;
      break;
    }
  }

}

proxy.conf

upstream api_server {
  server api.example.com fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
  listen       80;
  server_name  www.example.com;

  root   /var/www;

  index  index.html index.htm index.php;

  rewrite api$ /api/ permanent;
  location /api/ {
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    root /var/www;

    # If you don't find the filename in the static files
    # Then request it from the api server
    if (!-f $request_filename) {
      proxy_pass http://api_server;
      break;
    }
  }


  location ~ /\.ht {
      deny  all;
  }
}