Nginx Reverse Proxy

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Introduction

Nginx is a popular open-source web server. It can be useful to run on a virtual machine when hosting multiple websites. The general solution for running two web servers on a single system is to either use multiple IP addresses or different port numbers. This project demonstrates how to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy.

To get started download the zip file or git clone this repository onto your local machine

Option 1

Option 2 Open up Terminal and enter the following

git clone https://github.com/naistangz/nginx-reverse-proxy.git

Prerequisites

You will need the following:

1. Vagrant
2. Virtual Box
3. Ruby - Preinstalled in Mac
4. Bundler or gem install bundler in Terminal after Ruby has been installed.

Checking versions for dependencies

$ vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.9

$ ruby --version
ruby 2.3.7p456 (2018-03-28 revision 63024) [universal.x86_64-darwin18]

$ bundle --version
Bundler version 2.1.4

Running the Virtual Machines

1. Change directory (cd) into the project

$ cd nginx-reverse-proxy

2. Run vagrant in the nginx-reverse-proxy folder

$ vagrant up 

3. Once the virtual machines have run it should return:

Your app is ready and listening on port 3000

4. Enter the following links into the browser:

http://development.local/

http://development.local/fibonacci/8

http://development.local/posts