Sample NGINX configuration for redirect proxy server

nginx.conf

user nginx;

worker_processes 1;

events { worker_connections 1024; }

http {

    sendfile on;

    server {

      listen 443 ssl;
      #servername localhost;

      client_max_body_size 20m;
      client_header_timeout 1200;
      client_body_timeout 1200;
      send_timeout 1200;
      keepalive_timeout 1200;

      ssl_certificate dummy.cert;
      ssl_certificate_key dummy.cert.key;
      ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
      ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
      # openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout dummy.cert.key -out dummy.csr
      # sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in dummy.csr -signkey dummy.cert.key -out dummy.cert

      access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined;
      error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;


        # this is the important part for the proxy server, instead of serving a local applicatin I am are redirecting all traffic to a different instance
        location / {
                proxy_pass https://xx.xx.xx.xx:443;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        }
    }
}