Nginx Cheatsheet
Common config snippets for reverse-proxy, static, HTTPS, and caching.
1 credit
Reverse proxy
nginx
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
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_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}Static files + fallback
nginx
root /var/www/site;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; # SPA fallback
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|webp|svg)$ {
expires 1y;
add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
}HTTPS / redirect
nginx
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
}
server { listen 80; return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }Ops
3 itemsTest config
sudo nginx -tReload (no downtime)
sudo nginx -s reloadMain log
tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log /var/log/nginx/error.log