As we know Nginx is event driven and uses persistent connections which makes it faster as compare to other Web / Proxy Servers. So, here's the simple example for setting up reverse proxy with NginX with some caching options:
Install Nginx http://apache-error.blogspot.in/2012/02/how-to-install-nginx-webserver.html
Create a file in /etc/nginx/conf.d/whatever.conf and enter following contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name server1.com www.server1.com ; # Server Names for which you want to make this server proxy
access_log off;
error_log off;
# proxy to Apache 2 and mod_python
location / {
proxy_pass http://Backend_Server_IP:80/;
proxy_redirect off;
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_max_temp_file_size 0;
proxy_connect_timeout 60;
proxy_send_timeout 60;
proxy_read_timeout 60;
proxy_buffer_size 4k;
proxy_buffers 4 32k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 64k;
proxy_temp_file_write_size 64k;
}
}
For Caching contents create a file /etc/nginx/conf.d/cache.conf and enter following contents:
## Size Limits
client_body_buffer_size 128K;
client_header_buffer_size 1M;
client_max_body_size 1M;
large_client_header_buffers 8 8k;
## Timeouts
client_body_timeout 60;
client_header_timeout 60;
expires 24h;
keepalive_timeout 60 60;
send_timeout 60;
## General Options
ignore_invalid_headers on;
keepalive_requests 100;
limit_zone gulag $binary_remote_addr 5m;
recursive_error_pages on;
sendfile on;
server_name_in_redirect off;
server_tokens off;
## TCP options
tcp_nodelay on;
tcp_nopush on;
## Compression
gzip on;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_min_length 0;
gzip_types text/plain text/css image/x-icon application/x-perl application/x-httpd-cgi;
gzip_vary on;
## Log Format
log_format main '$remote_addr $host $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
'"$gzip_ratio" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
This cache.conf will be used by default for all your VHOSTS content caching, so you can manage accordingly :)
Start nginx service : service nginx start
Please correct if find somewhere mis-spelled or incorrect!!!
Install Nginx http://apache-error.blogspot.in/2012/02/how-to-install-nginx-webserver.html
Create a file in /etc/nginx/conf.d/whatever.conf and enter following contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name server1.com www.server1.com ; # Server Names for which you want to make this server proxy
access_log off;
error_log off;
# proxy to Apache 2 and mod_python
location / {
proxy_pass http://Backend_Server_IP:80/;
proxy_redirect off;
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_max_temp_file_size 0;
proxy_connect_timeout 60;
proxy_send_timeout 60;
proxy_read_timeout 60;
proxy_buffer_size 4k;
proxy_buffers 4 32k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 64k;
proxy_temp_file_write_size 64k;
}
}
For Caching contents create a file /etc/nginx/conf.d/cache.conf and enter following contents:
## Size Limits
client_body_buffer_size 128K;
client_header_buffer_size 1M;
client_max_body_size 1M;
large_client_header_buffers 8 8k;
## Timeouts
client_body_timeout 60;
client_header_timeout 60;
expires 24h;
keepalive_timeout 60 60;
send_timeout 60;
## General Options
ignore_invalid_headers on;
keepalive_requests 100;
limit_zone gulag $binary_remote_addr 5m;
recursive_error_pages on;
sendfile on;
server_name_in_redirect off;
server_tokens off;
## TCP options
tcp_nodelay on;
tcp_nopush on;
## Compression
gzip on;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_min_length 0;
gzip_types text/plain text/css image/x-icon application/x-perl application/x-httpd-cgi;
gzip_vary on;
## Log Format
log_format main '$remote_addr $host $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
'"$gzip_ratio" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
This cache.conf will be used by default for all your VHOSTS content caching, so you can manage accordingly :)
Start nginx service : service nginx start
Please correct if find somewhere mis-spelled or incorrect!!!
