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NGINX reverse proxy to Apache docker container

Posted September 4, 2018 21.2k views
NginxApacheDockerUbuntu 16.04

I’m trying to host several websites on my droplet. I’m to do that, I’m using NGINX (not container) as reverse proxy to Dockerized apps. One such app I’m using is the dockerized Mediawiki set to run on 0.0.0.0:8081.

Mediawiki container is based on php7.2-apache.

Nginx configuration : 

server {

        listen 443 ssl;
        index index.php;

        server_name my.website.com;

        ssl_stapling on;
        ssl_stapling_verify 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_pass http://0.0.0.0:8081;
        }

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.website.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.website.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
}

I run the application on port 8081, as can be seen by through docker ps -a

CONTAINER          IMAGE          PORTS
e40c9815d6cc      mediawiki    0.0.0.0:8081 -> 80/tcp

I can access my.website.com, but it shows the default Apache Ubuntu default page. Accessing other pages and resources (index.php, /folder/index.php, images/pic.jpg) returns 404.

Testing the container with similar setup on my machine works. I think there maybe something up I didn’t get with the NGINX config.

Help?

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mauriciolazo28 September 4, 2018

Hi @aerlaut!

Perhaps proxy_pass should be:

proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;

From what I understand is that, you want NGINX to listen on any IP address and network device in your server, at port 8081, (listen on 0.0.0.0:8081) and reroute that request to your local docker container on port 8081 (send to 127.0.0.1:8081).

Additionally what does nginx´s error log contains?

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gameterserah02 February 13, 2020

It’s simple. Just change the old configuration:

proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:8081;

To this new one:

proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:80;

The reason is, between container and Nginx in host server can’t communicate with published port. It just can communicate with the target port. 8081:80 (8081 is published port and 80 is target port).

Let say you have 8081:443, you must create the configuration with proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:443; for Nginx listen to 443 port number. May this help.

edited by MattIPv4
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scarpion0990 January 31, 2020

I think this below link would be helpful for you

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-nginx-as-a-web-server-and-reverse-proxy-for-apache-on-one-ubuntu-18-04-server

if after that you have questions ask about, thanks.

How To Configure Nginx as a Web Server and Reverse Proxy for Apache on One Ubuntu 18.04 Server
by Jesin A
In this tutorial you'll configure Nginx as both a web server and as a reverse proxy for Apache to host four domains on a single server.
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Ernestas April 17, 2020

I had the same issue not too long ago…

you don’t need to open or map 8081 to 80 port for access, just have 80 and 443 ports exposed inside container.

On your nginx container (if you are using docker-compose) add 

depends_on: 
- proxied_container

in your nginx.config

proxy_pass http://proxied_container:80;

This way nginx connects to container and its internal port and apache will handle everything else…

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akshatkarodiya82 July 3, 2020
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akshatkarodiya82 July 3, 2020

try to change file in var/www/html put your index.php there..

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