Reverse proxying with Nginx on Linux
Welcome to the Nginx reverse proxy guide. Note that this guide is meant only for Linux users, and that currently there are no options for Windows or Mac. These commands will not work on those OSs, so do not follow this if you are not on a Linux distribution.
Installing Nginx
Start off by updating your package index
sudo apt update
Next, install the nginx package
sudo apt install nginx
At this point, if you navigate to your device’s IP address, you should see an Nginx welcome page.
Set up reverse proxy
You probably don’t want people visiting your domain to see that static Nginx welcome page. Now we need to configure Nginx to reverse proxy port 42356, or whichever port your webserver is running on.
Delete the default Nginx site
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Create a host configuration file for your domain:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/redash
3. Paste the following into the file, replacing your.domain.com
with the domain you will
be running the dashboard on. Note that if you are running the webserver on a port other than
port 42356, you will need to replace 42356
below with the the specified port.
server {
listen 80;
server_name your.domain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:42356;
}
}
Enable the file by creating a link from it to the sites-enabled directory
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/redash /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart Nginx for the changes to take effect
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now, if you navigate to your device’s IP, you should be able to see the dashboard (if the webserver is running).