Proxy requests to any remote server in nginx

1. 

   Alexandre Carvalho

   April 5, 2019

   Hi, How do I configure properly nginx to get that config working? I’m trying to put that inside a server:

   server {
           listen 80 default_server;
           listen [::]:80 default_server;
   
           server_name _;
   
       # YOUR CODE HERE
   
   }
   

   And is not working. What am I doing wrong?

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   • 

     Danila Vershinin

     April 5, 2019

     Start with checking configuration errors by running nginx -t . Then, if no errors reported, explain how specifically it’s not working (what URL in your nginx you request).

     Reply
2. 

   nick

   November 3, 2022

   I’m getting a 404 when trying this and similar approaches. Tested with curl: http://localhost:8080/proxy/https://www.getpagespeed.com/server-setup/nginx/proxy-requests-to-any-remote-server-in-nginx

   My config:

   
#user nobody;
worker_processes 1;

   #error_log logs/error.log;
   #error_log logs/error.log notice;
   #error_log logs/error.log info;

   #pid logs/nginx.pid;

   events {
   worker_connections 1024;
   }

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

   #log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
# '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
# '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

   #access_log logs/access.log main;

   sendfile on;
   #tcp_nopush on;

   #keepalive_timeout 0;
   keepalive_timeout 65;

   #gzip on;

   server {
   listen 8080;
   server_name localhost;

   #charset koi8-r;

   #access_log logs/host.access.log main;

   location ~* ^/proxy/(?<pschema>https?)/(?<phost>[\w.]+)(?<puri>/.*) {
   set $adr $pschema://$phost;
   rewrite .* $puri break;

   proxy_pass $adr;

   proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
   proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
   proxy_set_header Host $phost;
   proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
   proxy_redirect off;
   proxy_connect_timeout 1;
   proxy_intercept_errors on;
   expires 30;
   }
   location ~ /proxy/\?url=(.*)$ {
   proxy_pass $1;
   proxy_set_header Host $host;
   }

   location ~ /proxy/https\:\/\/(.*)$ {
   proxy_pass $1;
   proxy_set_header Host $host;
   }

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

   #error_page 404 /404.html;

   # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
   #
   error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
   location = /50x.html {
   root html;
   }

   # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
   #
   #location ~ \.php$ {
   # proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
   #}

   # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
   #
   #location ~ \.php$ {
   # root html;
   # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
   # fastcgi_index index.php;
   # fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
   # include fastcgi_params;
   #}

   # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
   # concurs with nginx's one
   #
   #location ~ /\.ht {
   # deny all;
   #}
   }

   # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
   #
   #server {
   # listen 8000;
   # listen somename:8080;
   # server_name somename alias another.alias;

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

   # HTTPS server
   #
   #server {
   # listen 443 ssl;
   # server_name localhost;

   # 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;
# }
#}
include servers/*;


   }

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   • 

     Danila Vershinin

     November 5, 2022

     You’re adding a semicolon to your URL, which you should not. It should be .../https/....

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