nginx how to forward a port proxy a port - nginx

I want to be able to visit https://localhost:888/ in my browser and have it behave identically as if I had accessed https://localhost:999/
How can I do that?
I tried adding
server {
listen 888;
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass https://localhost:999;
include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
}
}
to a new file /usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/default, but I can't access any webpage at localhost:888 (even though localhost:999 responds fine)
I am using homebrew (brew install nginx) version of nginx

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NGINX This site can’t be reached

I have a front-end react app, that runs at localhost:3000. And a back-end that runs at localhost:9900.
I can access my back-end with a postman's(or curl) localhost:80/api request.
But I can't access either the site or the server via the web address: my-1stconnection.lan.test.
What's the problem?
NGINX config:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name my-1stconnection.lan.test;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
}
location /api {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9900/;
}
}
I forgot one important thing in order to activate the local server:
127.0.0.1 my-1stconnection.lan.test into /etc/hosts
After this fix, everything started working.

Configuring nginx to direct to website in server

I have a remote centOS server running locally on 127.0.0:8000 which I want to proxy with nginx.
I have tested that the server runs on that address and that nginx passes the tests.
When i try to access the ip on my browser I get:
I understand I need to edit the configuration files for nginx. I just don't know how.
I tried going to /etc/nginx/conf.d/index.conf (I named my app index because, reasons)
And I write the following:
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.<address>.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
root /home/<user>/WebApp/templates;
index index.html;
}
}
And index.html is on the path I put on root. What am i doing wrong?

Nginx reverse proxy configuration multi domains virtualhost

I'm having trouble configuring my nginx proxy despite reading a number of guides and trying for three consecutive evenings.
Here is my topology:
(From internet) All traffic from port 80 is redirected to 192.168.1.4, a ubuntu-server virtual running nginx.
I have a NAS which has a subdomain myName.surname.com which connects to the admin page. On that NAS, I have apache webserver running hosting a couple of sites on port 81, 82,
The NAS uses virtualhosts, so domains successfully redirect (without using nginx).
I also have an ASP.NET website running on IIS on another 192.168.1.3:9810.
Now here is my NGINX configuration. I tried configuring it a few times but broke it so I've put it back to its default state:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.html index.htm;
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.1.1; #WORKS OK
}
}
If I go on myName.surname.com or wordpressWebsite.co.uk or myIISSiteDomain.co.uk I am with config above greeted with the correct page at 192.168.1.1:8080 OR 192.168.1.1:81.
It's a start.
First problem is When I navigate to any other page (not home page) like wordpressWebsite.co.uk/blog, it breaks giving 404. So I have tried to differentiate between URLs? I read that the config should be something like:
server {
listen 80;
server_name wordpressWebsite.co.uk;
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.1.1:81;
}
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name myName.surname.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.1.1;
}
}
server {
listen 80 myIISSiteDomain.co.uk
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.1.3:9810;
}
}
But this is not quite right.
1) wordpressWebsite.co.uk loads up the page, but as soon as I go to any other link like wordpressWebsite.co.uk/blog it breaks, giving me my NAS error message like its trying to access 192.168.1.1/blog rather than the virtualhost ~/blog. It actually changes my URL in navbar to 192.168.1.1 so why is it behaving like this?
2) if I'm using virtual host, I don't think I should need to pass in the port via nginx for 192.168.1.1:81 (wordpressWebsite.co.uk). Surely I just need to point it to 192.168.1.1, and then virtualhost should detect that the url maps to 81? I'm not sure how to to do this as I don't fully understand what actually gets passed from nginx to the server?
You can add try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
See this https://www.geekytuts.net/linux/ultimate-nginx-configuration-for-wordpress/

nginx reverse proxy, single domain, multiple subdirectories

Having trouble figuring this out.
I have nginx running on home.domain.com.
Within my home network, I have multiple web services that I'd like to access externally through a reverse proxy. No SSL for now, but I'll add that later. I need to set up a reverse proxy on subdirectories of home.domain.com/app{1-3} as I only have a valid cert for home.domain.com.
My current configuration:
server {
listen 80 default;
keepalive_timeout 120;
server_name home.domain.com;
location /app1/ {
proxy_pass http://internalIP1:8081/;
}
location /app2/ {
proxy_pass http://internalIP2:5000/;
}
}
When I try to access home.domain.com/app1, it should redirect to home.domain.com/app1/login/?next=%2F, but instead goes to home.domain.com/login/?next=%2F. This obviously throws a 404, as it's not available on the nginx server.
Thoughts? Suggestions?

Struggling with location blocks in nginx config

I got a new slice off slicehost, for the purposes of playing around and learning nginx and more about deployment generally. I installed a ruby app on there (which i'll call app1) which uses passenger. I made it the default app to use for that server with the following server block in my nginx config:
server {
listen 80;
server_name <my server ip>;
root <path to app1 public folder>;
passenger_enabled on;
}
This works fine. However, i want to try a few different apps out on this slice, and so thought i would set it up like so:
http:///app1
http:///app2
etc. I thought i would be able to do that by adding a location block, and moving the app1 specific stuff into it like so:
server {
listen 80;
server_name <my server ip>;
location ^~ /app1 {
root <path to app1 public folder>;
passenger_enabled on;
}
}
However, on doing this (and restarting nginx of course), going to the plain ip address gives the 'welcome to nginx' message (which i'd expect). But, going to /app1 gives an error message:
404 Not Found
The requested URL /app1 was not found on this server.
This is distinct from the error message i get when i go to another path on that ip, eg /foo:
404 Not Found
nginx/0.8.53
So, it's like nginx knows about that location but i've not set it up properly. Can anyone set me straight? Should i set up different server blocks instead of using locations? I'm sure this is simple but can't work it out.
Cheers, max
What you're after is name virtual hosting. The idea is that each domain is hosted on the same IP, and nginx chooses the virtualhost to serve based on the Host: header in the HTTP request, which is sent by the browser.
To use name virtual hosting, use the domain you want to serve instead of your server's IP for the server_name directive.
server {
listen 80;
server_name app1.com;
location / {
root /srv/http/app1/public;
passenger_enabled on;
}
}
Then, to host more apps on the same box, just declare a separate server { } block for each one.
server {
listen 80;
server_name app2.com;
location / {
root /srv/http/app2/public;
passenger_enabled on;
}
}
I'm using unicorn instead of passenger, but the vhost part of the structure is the same for any backend.
The global nginx config (which on its own hosts nothing): https://github.com/benhoskings/babushka-deps/blob/master/nginx/nginx.conf.erb
The template wrapper for each virtualhost: https://github.com/benhoskings/babushka-deps/blob/master/nginx/vhost.conf.erb
The details of the unicorn virtualhost: https://github.com/benhoskings/babushka-deps/blob/master/nginx/unicorn_vhost.common.erb
I fail to see the real problem here tho,
in order for you to figure that out
you need to view the nginx log files on most systems at:
/var/log/nginx/
and open the relevant access file here(might be error.log)
in there you can see what url nginx exactly tried to access and why did it fail.
What I really think is happening, that you got the root path wrong,
maybe it should be alias instead because
if you are proxifying the connection to another app, it might get the
"app1" word in the url instead of a direct one.
so please try:
server {
listen 80;
server_name <my server ip>;
location /app1 {
alias <path to app1 public folder>;
passenger_enabled on;
}
}
and see weather it works and also try to view the logs first to really determine whats the problem.
I think its just a slight syntax problem:
location ~ ^/app1 { ...
should work, or a little more efficient:
location = /app1 { ...
One problem is that your Rails app probably wasn't designed to run from a subdirectory. Passenger has a directive that will fix this:
passenger_base_uri /app1;
However, running Rails apps in subdirectories is somewhat non-standard. If you can, a better option may be to set up subdomains using nginx's virtual hosts.
It seems that you want to host more apps on the same server with base uri. Try this:
root /srv/http/;
passenger_base_uri /app_1;
passenger_base_uri /app_2
Also under /srv/http, create 2 symlinks:
ln -s /srv/http/app_1 /srv/http/app1/public
ln -s /srv/http/app_2 /srv/http/app2/public
The app1 can be accessed under: http://domain.com/app_1.
Here is more for reading: http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Nginx.html#deploying_rack_to_sub_uri

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