Nginx Reverse Proxy To Apache Http Server

Architecture Diagram 

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Summary:
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     1) Installing Nginx
     2) Installing Apache Http Server & Integrating With Tomcat Application Server
     3) Integrating Nginx with Apache Http Server
     4) Start the Nginx Server
     5) Testing the setup Using Nginx URL.


Steps
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1) Installing Nginx

Download Nginx Source Files using below URL

http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz

OR

https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/install/

Copy the File nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz to Remote Machine 192.168.52.129 using WinSCP



Untar the File nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz using below Command.

tar -zxvf nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz

Navigate to newly create directory ie. /root/nginx/nginx-1.10.1  & Run below Commands.

For more "Installation and Compile-Time Options" Please refer below link.

https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/installoptions/

cd /root/nginx/nginx-1.10.1

./configure --with-openssl=/usr/lib64/openssl

make 

make install


Configuration summary

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  + using system PCRE library

  + using OpenSSL library: /usr/lib64/openssl

  + using builtin md5 code

  + sha1 library is not found

  + using system zlib library

  nginx path prefix: "/usr/local/nginx"

  nginx binary file: "/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx"

  nginx modules path: "/usr/local/nginx/modules"

  nginx configuration prefix: "/usr/local/nginx/conf"

  nginx configuration file: "/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf"

  nginx pid file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid"

  nginx error log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log"

  nginx http access log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/access.log"

  nginx http client request body temporary files: "client_body_temp"

  nginx http proxy temporary files: "proxy_temp"

  nginx http fastcgi temporary files: "fastcgi_temp"

  nginx http uwsgi temporary files: "uwsgi_temp"

  nginx http scgi temporary files: "scgi_temp"

2) Installing Apache Http Server & Integrating With Tomcat Application Server

Please refer below URL for this Task

https://blogbyjagan.blogspot.in/2016/12/apache-tomcat-clustering-with-apache.html


3) Integrating Nginx with Apache Http Server

Navigate to the nginx.conf location

cd /usr/local/nginx/conf

Open the file nginx.conf & add the below content for proxying requests through Apache Webserver

vi nginx.conf

        location /examples {

             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host:$server_port;

             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

             proxy_store off;

             proxy_buffering off;

             proxy_pass http://192.168.52.161;

        }

4) Start the Nginx Server

cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin

./nginx

Note: Below command is used for stopping Nginx

./nginx -s stop

5) Testing the setup Using Nginx URL.

http://192.168.52.129/examples/