Nginx Reverse Proxy Config

Nginx in front of an app on a local port, passing the real host and client address. Enter your domain below for a ready server block.

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# /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com, generated at frabs.net/tools/nginx-config-generator/
server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name example.com;
    return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    http2 on;
    server_name example.com;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
    # add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always;  # once HTTPS works everywhere

    client_max_body_size 10M;
    gzip on;
    gzip_types text/css application/javascript application/json image/svg+xml;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
    add_header Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin always;
    add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN always;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

Install It

sudo certbot certonly --nginx -d example.com   # get the certificate first
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com   # paste the config
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx

Nginx Config Generator

Configuration

TypeReverse Proxy
Upstreamhttp://127.0.0.1:3000
HTTPSLet's Encrypt with an HTTP redirect
Test Before Reloadnginx -t

Nginx in front of an app on a local port, passing the real host and client address.

Always run nginx -t before reloading: a bad file then leaves the old configuration serving instead of taking every site down.

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Questions

How do I set up an Nginx reverse proxy?
Save the generated server block in /etc/nginx/sites-available/, link it into sites-enabled, run nginx -t and reload.

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