How to setup nginx for ipfs gateway? - nginx

Question

I need to make ipfs http gateway through nginx with certbot installed together with redirecting websockets to port 9999, but I am unable to make it work as intended.
The code for running websocket service is on "location /" .
Code for ipfs gateway is at "location /ipfs" .
server {
location /ipfs {
proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:9001;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
allow all;
}
location / {
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_redirect http://0.0.0.0:9999/ /;
proxy_redirect ws://0.0.0.0:9999/ /;
proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:9999/;
proxy_read_timeout 86400s;
proxy_send_timeout 86400s;
allow all; # Any IP can perform any other requests
proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Cache-Control,Content-Type,Authorization';
add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
add_header 'Content-Type' 'application/json charset=UTF-8';
add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
return 204;
}
if ($request_method = 'POST') {
# add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Content-Type,Authorization';
}
if ($request_method = 'GET') {
# add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,X-Mx-ReqToken,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Authorization';
}
}
listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/recall.network/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/recall.network/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
if ($host = recall.network) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name recall.network;
return 404; # managed by Certbot
}
My custom code:
location /ipfs {
proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:9001;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
allow all;
}
do not work as intended
I would like to have an ipfs gateway accessible at https:recall.network/ipfs/HASH*

Answer 1

Resolution is to put correct prefix ^~ in location.
location ^~ /ipfs {
proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:9001;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
allow all;
}