Nginx – reverse proxy as load-balance in ubuntu

1. install nginx in ubuntu

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$ sudo apt install ngnix

2. print ngnix conf path

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$ sudo ngnix -t

3. create node.conf, in nginx.conf, it would load all file matched *.conf under conf.d/

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$ touch /etc/nginx/conf.d/
$ vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/node.conf

4. node.conf file context.
it is best to keep X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For, because in node.js app, it would record client’s ip address into log

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upstream nodeserver {
   server localhost:3085;
}
 
server {
   listen 8080;
   server_name linode.emacslisp.com;
 
   location /test {
       proxy_pass http://nodeserver;   
       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_redirect     off;
       proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
       proxy_max_temp_file_size 0;
       proxy_connect_timeout      90;
       proxy_send_timeout         90;
       proxy_read_timeout         90;
       proxy_buffer_size          4k;
       proxy_buffers              4 32k;
       proxy_busy_buffers_size    64k;
       proxy_temp_file_write_size 64k;       
   }
}