Nginx proxy based on domains

nginx-domain-proxy.md

Redirecting Based on Host Name

Let say you want to host example1.com, example2.com, and example3.com on your machine, respectively to localhost:8080, localhost:8181, and localhost:8282.

Note: Since you don't have access to a DNS server, you should add domain name entries to your /etc/hosts (you can't do this on CDF machines):

... 127.0.0.1 example1.com example2.com example3.com ... To proxy eaxmple1.com we can't use the location part of the default server. Instead we need to add another server section with a server_name set to our virtual host (e.g., example1.com, ...), and then a simple location section that tells nginx how to proxy the requests:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  example1.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
    }
}

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  example2.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8181;
    }
}

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  example3.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8282;
    }
}