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Nginx Node.js Proxy with caching, websockets, gzip
proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=cache:8m max_size=3000m inactive=600m;
proxy_temp_path /var/tmp;
# the IP(s) on which your node server is running. I chose port 3000.
upstream app_the_scratch {
server 127.0.0.1:3000 weight=1 fail_timeout=60s;
}
# the nginx server instance
server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name the-scratch.no-ip.org;
access_log /var/log/nginx/the-scratch.no-ip.org.log;
gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_min_length 1000;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
# pass the request to the node.js server with te correct headers and much more can be added, see nginx config options
location / {
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-NginX-Proxy true;
# socket.io stuff
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
# Pass to upstream
proxy_pass http://app_the_scratch/;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_cache cache;
proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
}
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