NGINX Only pass requests coming from main domain - node.js

My current NGInx setup is such that it takes all requests from Http and redirects them to HTTPS and then it passes the request to my Node server running on Unbutu localhost.
My quest is, how do I make it so it only accepts requests coming from my app.domain.com (which is hosted somewhere else) and my api.domain.com which is hosted on my Ubuntu cloud. So if you visit api.domain.com you will never get passed to the Node server or if you send a request from anywhere else than app.domain.com you will also never get passed to the Node server.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
# HTTPS — proxy all requests to the Node app
server {
# Enable HTTP/2
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name api.maindomain.com;
# Use the Let’s Encrypt certificates
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.maindomain.com/xxxx.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.maindomain.com/xxx.pem;
# Include the SSL configuration from cipherli.st
include snippets/ssl-params.conf;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_pass http://localhost:xxxx/;
proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}

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Problem detecting https in nodejs and nginx

I've seen similar questions around and tried different solutions but none seems to work for me, so I guess I have something wrong in my nginx configurations file.
I have configured nginx to redirect all request to port 8080 except for some locations as I have a nodejs app running on 8080 besides a php application running on port 80 (and another nodejs app service running on 8090) all on the same server (I know it's a weird configuration but I have to live with it for the moment). In my nodejs application I'm tryin to detect if the connection is over http or https but it doesn't work.
I alway get the following regardless I connect over http or https:
console.log(req.headers["x-forwarded-proto"]); // => undefined
console.log(req.secure); // => false
here is my nginx config file:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/server.chained.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/server.key;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
root /var/www/html;
index index.html index.htm index.php index.cgi;
fastcgi_buffers 8 16k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
client_max_body_size 100M;
client_body_buffer_size 128k;
server_name factory.quiddis.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
location /bugzilla {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.cgi$is_args$args;
}
location /bugzilla/rest {
rewrite ^/bugzilla/rest/(.*)$ /bugzilla/rest.cgi/$1 last;
}
...
Note:
Although I know I could redirect http to https via nginx, I cannot do it here as the second nodejs app has to stay over http for the moment.

nginx redirect www to non-www

i have nginx config on my server, but i'm facing an issue with the url
if access my domain directly using example.com it works (not secure - i have to redirect to https)
also if i tried to access it directly using www.example.com, it won't work and i got this message
so mainly i have two issues:
redirect non-http to https
and redirect www to non-www
my server running nodejs app
This site can’t be reached www.example.com’s server IP address could not be
found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
server {
listen 80;
listen 443 ssl;
server_name www.example.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
return 301 $scheme://example.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
proxy_redirect off;
}
location /api {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
proxy_redirect off;
}
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
To redirect to https, you should have a server block with all your config and listen 443 ssl; in it, and another server block with config like this one:
server {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
server_name example.com
listen 80;
}
The www site is a different domain, you should set the ip address to it in your dns server.
Your config for the www site looks ok

Nginx node setup to custom directory

I am using nginx first time so need help.
My app is running in /root/project1/tools (this directory is having server.js)
How i can connect nginx to this directory. I searched lot and do not find direct ans. Think nginx will find my server.js by port number not by path. is that true?
I am using linux ubuntu 18
More over nginx is throwing error
2018/10/23 06:14:51 [alert] 3822#3822: *2025 socket() failed (24: Too
many open files) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1,
server: nativeiconba$
/etc/nginx/sites-available/nativeiconbase.com
upstream app_yourdomain {
server 127.0.0.1:8080;
keepalive 8;
}
# the nginx server instance
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name nativeiconbase.com www.nativeiconbase.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/nativeiconbase.com.log;
# pass the request to the node.js server with the correct headers
# and much more can be added, see nginx config options
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
proxy_pass http://nativeiconbase/;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}
root /root/project1/src/;
# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name localhost;
/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
# SSL configuration
#
# listen 443 ssl default_server;
# listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
#
# Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
# See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
#
# Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
# See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
#
# Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
# Don't use them in a production server!
#
# include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
root /root/project1/src/;
# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
proxy_pass http://10.139.32.25:8080;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
And my node app is running on port 8080. Any idea what can i do to setup nginx. any reference to resource will be helpful.
All you have to do is setup a Reverse Proxy Server in Nginx
Start your NodeJS Server on whatever port
node server.js
If you are using any process management tool like pm2 then
pm2 server.js
Now in nginx config what you have to do is proxying all request to local nodejs server so
upstream app_yourdomain {
server 127.0.0.1:8080;
keepalive 8;
}
# the nginx server instance
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name nativeiconbase.com www.nativeiconbase.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/nativeiconbase.com.log;
# pass the request to the node.js server with the correct headers
# and much more can be added, see nginx config options
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}
I have just changed the line proxy_pass http://localhost:8080 in your code

nodejs nginx 502 gateway error

I am trying to use a nodejs app behind an nginx reverse proxy to handle the ssl
I have my app running on localhost:2000. I can confirm this as working with a curl command.
This is my nginx setup:
# the IP(s) on which your node server is running. I chose port 3000.
upstream dreamingoftech.uk {
server 127.0.0.1:2000;
keepalive 16;
}
# the nginx server instance
server {
listen 0.0.0.0:80;
server_name dreamingoftech.uk;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
#HTTPS
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name dreamingoftech.uk;
access_log /var/log/nginx/dreamingoftech.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/dreamingoftech.error.log debug;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/dreamingoftech.uk/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/dreamingoftech.uk/privkey.pem;
include snippets/ssl-params.conf;
# pass the request to the node.js server with the correct headers and much more can be added, see nginx config options
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
proxy_pass http://dreamingoftech.uk/;
proxy_redirect off;
#proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "";
proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
}
if I now curl https://dreamingoftech.uk, it takes a while but I do get the webpage delivered. albeit with the message:
curl: (18) transfer closed with 1 bytes remaining to read
However when viewed from a browser I get a 502 gateway error.
I have checked the error log and this is the result: ERROR LOG
I can't understand why the reverse proxy is adding such a time delay into the process. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
PS: in the upstream config I have tried localhost instead of 127.0.0.1 to no avail
I have almost the same configuration. Can you try the following
You can redirect all http to https
server {
listen 80;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
or for a specific site like this
server {
server_name dreamingoftech.uk;
return 301 https://dreamingoftech.uk$request_uri;
}
but choose only one for your case
and then you make sure you node server is running on http mode and not https.
Also you mentioned that you run node on port 3000, then use port 3000 and not 2000 as I can see in your config.
After you confirm the above redirect all packets into localhost like this
server {
listen 443;
server_name dreamingoftech.uk;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/dreamingoftech.uk/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/dreamingoftech.uk/privkey.pem;
ssl on;
ssl_session_cache builtin:1000 shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!CAMELLIA:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
location / {
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;
# Fix the “It appears that your reverse proxy set up is broken" error.
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
proxy_read_timeout 90s;
proxy_redirect http://localhost:3000 https://dreamingoftech.uk;
}
}
Create a file and sum the above code put it in sites-available with a name like dreamingoftech.uk and the use ln -s to create a softlink into sites-enabled. go to your nginx.conf and make sure you include folder sites-enabled
Then must restart nginx to check if it works
#Stamos Thanks for your reply. I tried that but unfortunately it didn't work. I decided to try the most basic node app I could still using the basic modules I am using.
I tried this and it worked straight away.
The problem is with my app therefore. I will spend time rebuilding and testing step by step until I find the issue,
Thanks for your time!

Node js + Nginx + Amazon Linux + SSL

I have a node js application running on AWS linux server with ssl. I wanted to implement nginx to the same. I googled it and read that if I implement ssl in nginx then the node application runs on http. So I configured the nginx conf as follows and ran the node js application with normal http server:
listen 443 ssl;
server_name myserver.com;
ssl_certificate myserver.chained.crt;
ssl_certificate_key myserver.key;
ssl_client_certificate myserver.crt;
ssl_verify_client optional;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header VERIFIED $ssl_client_verify;
proxy_set_header DN $ssl_client_s_dn;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
}
Now the application is running on http as well as https. I want the nginx to be implemented and through ssl and the application to run only on https.
Is my approach right and what am I missing?
I see you have the application running on port 3000, what you will want to do so that it only runs on https is to block all requests on port 3000 to the server (using a firewall or security group rules in aws), and for every request on port 80 you will want to redirect them to the https version (port 443). Something like this:
server {
listen 80;
server_name my.domain.com;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
I found the above rule in this answer on serverfault.
upstream app
{
server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}
server
{
listen 80;
listen 443 ssl;
server_name www.example.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
client_header_buffer_size 64k;
large_client_header_buffers 4 64k;
if ($scheme = http) {
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
location ~ ^/(assets/|images/|img/|javascript/|js/|css/|stylesheets/|flash/|media/|static/|robots.txt|humans.txt|favicon.ico) {
root /var/www/example.com/public/;
access_log off;
expires 24h;
}
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
proxy_pass http://app$uri$is_args$args;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}
}

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