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NGINX

NGINX Instalation​

Windows​

Ubuntu​

HTTPS​

tip

Please ensure that 443 port is enabled in VM's firewall and cloud provider's security group / Networking.

NGINX Commands​

nginx -s stop #fast shutdown
nginx -s quit #graceful shutdown
nginx -s reload #changing configuration, starting new worker processes with a new configuration, graceful shutdown of old worker processes
nginx -s reopen #re-opening log files

HTTPS Web Server Sample Config​

nginx.conf
worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    # HTTPS server
    #
    server {
       listen       443 ssl;
       server_name  localhost {{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io;

       ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
       ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;

       ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
       ssl_session_timeout  5m;

       ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

       location / {
           root   html;
           index  index.html index.htm;
       }
    }

    # Http to Https URL redirection
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name {{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io;
        return 301 https://{{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io$request_uri;
    }
}
tip

Http to Https redirection

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name {{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io;
    return 301 https://{{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io$request_uri;
}

HTTPS Proxy Server Sample Configuration​

nginx.conf
worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    client_max_body_size 1000M;
    #gzip  on;

    # HTTPS server
    #
    server {
       listen       443 ssl;
       server_name  localhost {{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io;

       ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
       ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;

       ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
       ssl_session_timeout  5m;

       ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

       client_max_body_size 1000M;

       location / {
           root   html;
           index  index.html index.htm;
       }
       
       location /mission-api/ {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081$request_uri;
            client_max_body_size 1000M;
       }
    }
    
    # Http to Https URL redirection
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name {{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io;
        return 301 https://{{SUBDOMAIN}}.mission.io$request_uri;
    }
}

Sample nginx.config files​

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