Configuring Nginx Reverse Proxy in CentOS

Hello, I am an author who specializes in IP proxy knowledge, today I am sharing with you the way to configure Nginx reverse proxy in CentOS.Nx is a high performance web server, it can be used to real load balancing and improve the performance of the server through reverse proxy. Let's see how to do it!

Step 1: Install Nginx

We first need to install Nginx on our CentOS system. hit the terminal and type the following command to install it:

sudo yum install nginx

This command will automatically download and install the latest version of Nginx. after the installation is complete, we can start the Nginx service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start nginx

You can use the following command to stop the Nginx service:

sudo systemctl stop nginx

Step 2: Configure Nginx Reverse Proxy

Configuring the Nginx reverse proxy requires editing the Nginx configuration file. First, we need to go to the directory where Nginx's configuration file is located:

cd /etc/nginx/

Next, we use the vim editor to open the default configuration file:

sudo vim nginx.conf

In the configuration file, we need to find the following location:

location / {
...
}

We will add the reverse proxy configuration in this location.

Step 3: Add reverse proxy configuration

In this location, we can add the reverse proxy configuration with the following code:

proxy_pass http://目标服务器的IP地址.

For example, if we want to forward all traffic to the local port 8080, we can use the following configuration:

proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080.

After saving and closing the configuration file, we need to restart the Nginx service for the configuration to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 4: Verify that the reverse proxy is working

Now, we can visit the IP address of the Nginx server using a browser to see if the reverse proxy is working. If all is well, we should be able to see the contents of the target server.

summarize

With these few simple steps, we have successfully configured Nginx reverse proxy in CentOS.Nginx reverse proxy feature can help us to achieve load balancing and improve the performance of the server. I hope this article is helpful, thanks for reading!