Hi all,
I have managed to answer my own question, through trial and error – but thought I would share the solution for those who are interested:
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After installing nginx, I replaced the contents of the /etc/nginx/proxy_params file with the following:
proxy_redirect off;
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 http;
client_max_body_size 10M;
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Next, I added a .vhost file for my domain like so:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/dhmis.org.vhost
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And inside that file I put the following:
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.dhmis.org dhmis.org;
# Proxy pass to servlet container
location / {
root /home/hisp/tomcat-dhis2-1/webapps/ROOT;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
}
location /staging {
root /home/hisp/tomcat-dhis2-2/webapps/staging;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8081;
include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
}
location /training {
root /home/hisp/tomcat-dhis2-3/webapps/training;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8082;
include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
}
}
Note that the .war files for the three instances are named “ROOT.war”, “staging.war” and “training.war” respectively, corresponding to each location above…
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Next, I linked the file in etc/nginx/sites-enabled with the sites-available folder, like so:
cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/hisp.org.vhost hisp.org.vhost
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Next, get rid of the default file in sites-enabled:
sudo mv default /home/hisp/default
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And lastly, restart nginx:
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
Note: no changes to nginx.conf required.
Hope that helps someone out there… Comments, suggestions welcome.
Kind regards,
Jason Phillips
Software & Information Systems
Health Information Systems Programme
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From: Jason Phillips [mailto:jason@hisp.org]
Sent: 23 March 2014 10:11 AM
To: ‘dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net’
Subject: nginx Reverse Proxy Config for Dedicated Web Server with multiple instances
Hello all,
I am trying to set up nginx as a reverse proxy on a dedicated web server with three instances of Tomcat/DHIS2 (connecting to a dedicated Db Server, successfully configured and checked).
I have been unable to make nginx behave as required, after numerous different configurations, and hours of trawling the ‘Net.
Attempting to following the instructions on dhis2.org resulted in bind errors ([emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: address already in use)), and after several variations I tried setting up a simple reverse proxy following the instructions on howtoforge.com at this link. I now have arrived at the same place, albeit by a slightly different path, and am getting those bind errors again. I have even shut down all three Tomcats and removed and purged Apache (in case it was somehow interfering, which it apparently is not).
The domain dhmis.org has a DNS entry for dhis, za.dhis and train.dhis pointing to the server’s IP.
My current configuration includes a file in /etc/nginx/site-available called “dhmis.org.vhost”, which is linked to the ./sites-enabled folder. Herewith its contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name [www.dhmis.org](http://www.dhmis.org) dhmis.org; # Have put in za.dhis.dhmis.org and variations here…
root /home/hisp/tomcat-dhis2-1/webapps/zanat/; # Have tried ROOT here too!
# Serve static content
location ~ (\.js$|\.css$|\.gif$|\.woff$|\.ttf$|\.eot$|\.ico$|^/images/|^/icons/|^/dhis-web-commons/.*\.png$) {
add_header Cache-Control public;
expires 7d;
}
# Proxy pass to servlet container
location / {
proxy_pass [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/); # Have added 8080/zanat as variations here…
include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
}
}
What am I doing wrong?
Kind regards,
Jason Phillips
Software & Information Systems
Health Information Systems Programme
Email: jason@hisp.org
Mobile : 072 9737250
Landline: 021 7120170
Fax: 021 7120170
Skype: jason.n.phillips
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