Questions tagged [reverse-proxy]
A reverse proxy is a type of proxy server that fetches resources from a specific defined set of servers for a client. It is used in cases when there is an advantage to not exposing the web server with the content directly whether it be for security reasons or because of a lack of available public IP addresses.
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What is the nginx Variable for a custom Header?
A client is sending a custom HTTP Header X-ABC-LOGIN-NAME to my Nginx reverse proxy. To be sure that it is actually arriving, a PHP server (fastcgi) was installed and this header is really showing up (...
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Apache reverse proxy timeout in 60 seconds
I have Apache Reverse proxy server which proxies request to my internal Apache server. I am using Apache version 2.4 on Linux platform.
I encountered timeout page and HTTP ERROR 504 whenever back-end ...
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Nginx proxy_pass reverse proxying behind corporate firewall
Has anyone any idea of how to setup nginx behind a corporate firewall, to reverse proxy requests to servers outside the firewall?
The reason I want to do this is I am trying to use an application ...
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Setting header based on client certificate
I have Apache running as a reverse proxy for an internal server. Users hitting the proxy are required to use client certificates. On the internal server, there is a web application that can use an ...
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IIS sets http header Expires to -1, how do I override this with mod_expires
I'm using an IIS website with a Apache HTTP reverse proxy (mod_proxy with ProxyRequests Off).
I want to control the expires headers in apache (don't ask), but IIS is setting the header Expires: -1.
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Intermittent proxy error in Apache: "Partial results are valid but processing is incomplete" with "AH01110: error reading response"
I'm using Apache 2.4.43 on CentOS 7.8 with Varnish 6 and PHP-FPM to serve a Magento 2 website.
Varnish listens on port 80. Apache listens on 8080 to serve content to Varnish, and also port 443 which ...
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Apache2.4 ProxyPass exception inside Location block not working
While trying to get the Let's Encrypt Certbot to work on a local server that hosts reverse-proxied content, I am unable to get the local exception working inside a Location block. httpd.conf snippet:
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How to create subdomains using nginx and proxy_pass for each
I currently have nginx setup for my server at my.server.com. Using the current configuration I access different applications using http://my.server.com/app1 or http://my.server.com/app2.
I have an ...
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Apache as a reverse proxy for GitLab Omnibus
I'm using GitLab Omnibus on a CentOS6.5 server.
The gitlab nginx server listen on the 6543 port (Apache already using 80 and 443).
I want to use Apache as a reverse proxy to access GitLab with that ...
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ARR reverse proxy to Azure Website inside Azure Cloud Service
I am trying to rewrite www.contoso.com/blog/ to a wordpress Azure Website (contosoblog.azurewebsites.net). I have completely configured all inbound and outbound rules, and have tested them locally on ...
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nginx proxy_cache: limit parallel requests for the same URL
We're using nginx as a reverse proxy to get files from upstream servers.
The files are not dynamic – at least not on a per request basis – and are (sometimes) behind high latency.
I would like to ...
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Drop connections with a mismatching client certificate CN in nginx TCP reverse proxy
I'm using nginx to add TLS functionality on top of an existing TCP server (Redis) by proxying it like so (please read on before saying "Redis has builtin TLS support"):
stream {
server {
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Nginx not always serving js and css when load balancing between docker containers - works on refresh
I have Nginx set up as a reverse proxy load balancing between two docker containers running all on the same server. When loading a page for the first time, the page loads but I get lots of 404 errors ...
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Connect to postgres database behind nginx reverse-proxy using docker containers
I have set up a postgres database container and can connect and query it directly using its published port 5434.
The goal is to deploy the test database later and access it via nginx reverse proxy.
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Nginx Docker Container stops working irregularly
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I use Nginx as a ingress-proxy for my server. Nginx runs within a Docker container.
docker-compose.yml:
nginx_ingress:
image: nginx:latest
ports:
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Nginx proxy_redirect with relative paths
I am not a big specialist in nginx administration, I am just a developer. I have two backends running in docker. Let me name them
backend1:8080
backend2:8081
Also I have Nginx exposing 443 port with ...
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Access to nginx stream proxy is not logged in access_log file
Thanks for checking my question.
I'm trying to log user access from browser, into access_log file which is not working now.
My system :
[User]-[TCP proxy]-[webserver]
nginx/1.6 in AWS EC2
nginx ...
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Proxy_pass vs Fastcgi_pass
With one server/container on with nginx and another one with fpm, is it better to fastcgi_pass from the nginx to the fpm or proxy_pass to the fpm with addional installtion of nginx on the fpm? Both ...
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Chain privoxy with another proxy to intercept SSL traffic
I'd like to setup Privoxy so that it can process HTTPS traffic in addition to HTTP, but it doesn't support SSL interception using my own self-signed certificate.
I had the idea to have another proxy (...
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Q : How to nginx Conditional proxy_pass based on HTTP Header
How to do conditional proxy_pass based on custom HTTP Header
Suppose I have 4 nginx Engine run in my private network, lets Call it : web1, web2, web3, web4.
I have a main nginx server, sit betwen ...
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Delegate SSH USERAUTH traffic based on user name
I want to do delegate pubkey-based authentication for a given user to a different SSH server, without modifying client configuration but allowing modifications to server software.
There are several ...
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laravel app cannot detect https schema behind reverse proxy
I've a following config:
<client> <ssl nginx> <80 nginx> <laravel>
laravel has a method called asset() which is supposed to detect schema and output correct url. But it doesn'...
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500 internal error when setting up reverse proxy for Wikipedia
Access to Wikipedia can be disturbed randomly in my country
Running Debian 7 with nginx 1.2.1 with additional ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module
use several sub-domains to reverse proxy ...
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HAproxy and nginx RTMP
I am trying to use HAproxy in front of an RTMP nginx server.
It does connect but it does not play the video.
I have 2 servers: one with nginx using RTMP and another one with HAproxy.
This is the ...
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Set CORS headers on nginx
Addresses like http://vpsxxx.ovh.net/g/search?q=ok or http://vpsxxx.ovh.net/so/questions/34738694/how-to-move-items-on-the-screen-for-a-game-using-javascript are proxied well, when trying them from ...
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mod_ssl client certificates on a reverse proxy
I am trying to add client certificate authentication on a reverse proxy that proxies an oracle application. Before adding, and if i remove the subsequent code, the oracle application is able to start ...
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Apache Reverse Proxy Unescapes URL
I am running Apache 2.2.15 as a reverse proxy in my DMZ. I have an application on the internal network that I make available on the Internet for staff to use by going through the reverse proxy.
As ...
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Nginx + unicorn + spdy + performance testing
I have a ruby on rails website that is hosted on unicorn webserver behind a nginx reverse proxy. I want to evaluate if using spdy will enhance my performance under this setup.
Specifically, I need ...
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How mod_cache working with "must-revalidate" and "max-age"?
Quick question before I will explain my flow: Сan mod_cache perform revalidate with if-none-match only if max-age is expired in case if it configured in reverse proxy mode?
My goal is to reduce a ...
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IIS7 proxying VisualSVN server refuses to allow Web.config files to be committed
I use IIS 7.5 with the Application Request Routing and URL Rewriting modules to act as a reverse proxy for several apache-based web sites, including VisualSVN Server. I'm having a problem when I try ...
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HAProxy, temporarily blacklist IP if downstream sends back an RST?
Would it be possible for HAProxy to temporarily block (Say for 30 seconds) an IP that connected, then got rejected by the downstream server (RST instead of FIN)?
This is for just TCP, not HTTP.
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Nginx reverse proxy seems to ignore specified port
I have a gitea server listening on public IP 111.222.333.444, port 3000. If I open http://111.222.333.444:3000 on my browser, I can access normally.
I have an nginx server running on 999.888.777.666. ...
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Nginx max_conns limit on multiple servers
If I have two server block in an Nginx and they both use the same upstream definitions. How would the max_conns limit work in this case?
I am assuming that the both server blocks will have a limit of ...
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Misdirected Request HTTP 421 Error when using Nginx but not Apache as reverse proxy
For a specific use-case, I want to put a reverse proxy (RP) in the cloud in front of an application already packaged with another RP listening to HTTPS only. I don't have any access to the ...
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Single line reverse proxy with HTTP Basic Auth
I am temporarily exposing some HTTP services to the Internet and I would like to password-protect them. Because the exposure is just a few hours, setting up Nginx, Traefik or other heavy-weight ...
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Nginx proxy_cache_bypass is serving inconsistent cache
I have a nodeJS application with reverse proxy.
This is my desire settings
Nginx always maintain a cache copy (source of truth)
Client should always revalidate.
My application will be able to purge ...
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URL redirection and TCP proxy in haproxy
In a server with only one ipv4 and running haproxy, i want to redirect an url and proxy another in TCP level, for ssl passthrough purpose.
frontend https-frontend
bind *:443
mode tcp
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How does nginx handle HTTP/1 to HTTP/2 conversion?
I just read this question about using nginx as a HTTP/2 server that connects to the web app via HTTP/1 proxy_pass.
However, I am interested in the specifics of what actually goes on with the ...
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Haproxy same port for http and https
I want my webapplication run only on port 4443. So i added this port to my docker container on haproxy. Now i want to inspect the incomming request and if it is not https, it should redirect to it. ...
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nginx reverse-proxy utf-8 not working?
I've installed Gitea on a Debian server and I'm using nginx as a reverse proxy and for the SSL setup.
When I visit my Gitea instance, some characters aren't displayed correctly. That are for example ...
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NGINX max_size and keys_zone, could not allocate node in cache keys zone
We have a very dynamic and high-traffic application and are using NGINX caching with dynamic URLS. We want to cache these URLs for repeated requests.
We have run into an issue a couple times while ...
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Don't cache small responses with nginx
I am using nginx for reverse proxy with caching. And I have a backend that sometimes returns 200 HTTP code for failed requests, with just an empty set for a body. I'd like to configure nginx in a way ...
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(HTTP) Traffic from DMZ to internal LAN using reverse proxy
I see a lot of threads on this topic, but I'm still confused, so apologies if this is "obvious" (I'm not a network engineer).
Currently we have a two-zone DMZ/LAN setup. No traffic is allowed from ...
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Reverse proxy with login for redirecting different users to different applications
Im trying to configure the topology you can see in this picture:
My question is, having a unique login server acting as a reverse proxy, is it posible to redirect the users to their respective server ...
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Confluence (Synchrony) using websockets behind IIS8 can't copy or insert large blocks of text
I've got a Confluence 6.1.0 setup running behind an IIS8 reverse proxy doing SSL. Everything works except for one small problem.
When I try to copy a three or four paragraphs of text, attempt to ...
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nginx as proxy for WebSocket: inspect and block certain requests
I ran NodeJS as a kind of Webapplication Server serving an AngularJS frontend. They communicate solely over WebSockets, using the SailsJS implementation of Socket.IO. Between frontend (client) and the ...
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Jenkins reverse proxy failing for log in/out pages
I have a pair of servers, one running Nginx the other Jenkins (well, and other servers for other services, but that's besides the point). These servers sit within their own subnet that normally would ...
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SFTP reverse proxy
Serverfaulters.
Short: I'd like to publish several SFTP servers through one server (reverse proxy/relay). How could I do that?
Long: there are three components:
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Squid form based authentication
I use Squid as a reverse proxy to publish web resources with limited access. I've configured it to check user credentials using standard web browser form (Basic authentication).
Is it possible to ...
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Nginx - Reverse proxy to a remote Worpress setup
I have a Server-a which only contains a Nginx and a node application in execution.
However, I want to serve the Node app from that server, which is also serving an Angular application.
But when I ...
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