Howto Configure port-forward using nginx

nginx-port-forward.md

Howto Configure port-forward using nginx

Create nginx-portforward directory

mkdir nginx-portforward && cd nginx-portforward

Download nginx-portforward.conf and nginx-portforward.yml

curl -LO https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nhthai2005/8993478b4d898ddf499ed50411d75c44/raw/18712ed7232a9b07c9bba1439474a1329d802fcd/nginx-portforward.conf
curl -LO https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nhthai2005/8993478b4d898ddf499ed50411d75c44/raw/18712ed7232a9b07c9bba1439474a1329d802fcd/nginx-portforward.yml

Run docker-compose

docker-compose -f nginx-portforward.yml up -d

nginx-portforward.conf

server {
   listen 8080; # forward from 192.168.56.4:8080 to 192.168.56.201:8080
   client_max_body_size 64M;
   location / {
      proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;
      proxy_pass http://192.168.56.201:8080;
      proxy_redirect off;
   }
}

nginx-portforward.yml

version: '3'
services:
  nexus:
    image: nginx:latest
    container_name: nexus_portforward
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./nginx-portforward.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx-portforward.conf:ro
    ports:
      - 192.168.56.4:8080:8080  # forward from 192.168.56.4:8080 to 192.168.56.201:8080