access and error log

by default nginx access log can be found at:

/var/log/nginx/access.log

and the error log at:

/var/log/nginx/error.log

nginx trim the .html

https://stackoverflow.com/a/38238001/5350059

https://serverfault.com/questions/514044/nginx-is-cutting-the-end-of-dynamic-pages-and-caching-them

custom 404

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/404-error-page-instead-of-default-nginx-welcome-page https://serverfault.com/questions/354803/nginx-custom-404-error-page-for-virtual-host

reverse proxy

reverse proxy config:

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name foo.com;

        location /service1/ {
            proxy_pass http://$IP:PORT/;
        }

        location /service2/ {
            proxy_pass http://$IP:PORT/;
        }

    }
}

source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42452204/5350059

simple reverse proxy with ssl

simple reverse proxy with ssl:

server {
 listen 80;
 return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
 }

 server {

     listen 443;
     server_name sub.domain.com;

     ssl_certificate           /etc/nginx/cert.crt;
     ssl_certificate_key       /etc/nginx/cert.key;

     ssl on;


     location / {
       proxy_pass          http://localhost:8080;
     }
 }

source: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-nginx-with-ssl-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-jenkins

replace or remove subdirectory in reverse proxy

to replace or remove subdirectory in reverse proxy:

location /site1/ {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8081/;
     # ... more config ... #
 }

notice the tailing / both after the site and http://localhost:8081

source: https://serverfault.com/a/444753/

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