Installing and Configuring Nginx Gateway

Overview

Documents installation and configuration of Nginx.

Details

Download the software and install as a Linux package.

Configure local virtual settings in the /etc/nginx. Here is a sample used for the UAT deployment:

server {
  server_name uat-mapping.ihtsdotools.org;
  listen 80;
  rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri permanent;
}
server {
  server_name uat-mapping.ihtsdotools.org;
  listen 443 ssl;
  ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/certs/ihtsdotools.org.chained.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/ihtsdotools.org.key;
  location / {
      proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
      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 "https";
      proxy_set_header X-Url-Scheme $scheme;
      proxy_redirect off;
  }
}

Installing and Configuring Nginx Gateway

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