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Configure different target based on incoming domain in NGINX

Configure different target based on incoming domain in NGINX

NGINX can divert incoming request to different server based on domain name given in browser.

Usage

If there are a few application, such as 192.168.1.1 for faq.example.com, 192.168.1.2 for www.example.com, etc.

Configuration

Following configuration can be used for diverting request for faq requests.

server {
    server_name  faq.example.com;

    # SSL configuration
    listen 443 ssl;

    ssl_certificate     conf.d/www.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key conf.d/www.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass  'https://192.168.1.1:443';
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_buffering off;
        proxy_read_timeout    90;
        proxy_connect_timeout 90;
        proxy_redirect        off;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
        proxy_set_header Proxy "";
    }

    client_max_body_size 64M;
}

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  faq.example.com;

    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}