Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Main directives

The first set of directives will allow you to establish a basic configuration such as the location of the backend server, information to be passed, and how it should be passed:

Directive

Description

proxy_pass Context: location, if

Specifies that the request should be forwarded to the backend server by indicating its location: For regular HTTP forwarding, the syntax is proxy_pass http://hostname:port; For Unix domain sockets, the syntax is proxy_pass http://unix:/path/to/file.socket; You may also refer to upstream blocks proxy_pass http://myblock; Instead of http://, you can use https:// for secure traffic. Additional URI parts as well as the use of variables are allowed. Examples: proxy_pass http://localhost:8080; ...