Table of Contents#

Basic nginx
Reverse Proxy Nodejs
Set HTTPS
Sub Domain Setting

1. Basic nginx#

sudo service nginx start
sudo service nginx stop
sudo service nginx restart

nginx -t # Check the nginx congif is correct or not

2. Reverse Proxy Nodejs#

Step 1: Open file#

Enter the default file

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Step 2: Replace content#

Replace the content with:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www/html;
    index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name _;
    client_max_body_size 100M; 

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

}

Step 3: Restart services#

sudo nginx -t
sudo service nginx restart

3. Set HTTPS#

Step 0: Domain setup#

Make sure you have register a domain and have set server_name in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

server_name api.hello.io;

Step 1: Install stuff#

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-certbot-nginx

Step 2: Run certbot#

sudo certbot --nginx

And select the regarding domain for register.

4. Sub Domain Setting#

Step 0: Set up A record in AWS / Linode / Other platform#

Set a A/AAAA Record in your cloud services like the following:

api.r48n34.me
blog.r48n34.me

Step 1: Settings#

Goto /etc/nginx/sites-available/default and add the following code in default

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

server{
    listen 80;

    server_name api.r48n34.me; # Sub domain name
    client_max_body_size 100M; # Optional for form uplaoding, can skip it

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8085;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

server{
    listen 80;

    server_name blog.r48n34.me; # other Sub domain name
    client_max_body_size 100M; 

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8086;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

Step 2: Restart services#

sudo nginx -t
sudo service nginx restart