Complete Nginx Reverse Proxy Guide

What is a Reverse Proxy?

A reverse proxy sits in front of your backend servers and forwards client requests to them. Nginx is the most popular choice for this.

Basic Configuration

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

With SSL

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name example.com;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
    }
}