proxy_pass in nginx to publish webapp under a different directory

Question

I have this location element:

location ~* ^/publicapp {
    proxy_pass https://myserver.domain.local;
}

The server myserver.domain.local hosts a web application located under /myapp. I want to make it publicly available via https://www.mywebsite.com/publicapp. How do I tell nginx to translate /myapp to /publicapp? Please keep in mind that I use ~* to allow case-insensitivity. Thus, I cannot use a URI with proxy_pass.

Kind regards, Kevin

pythagor · Answer 1 · 2015-09-09T10:05:12.980

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Try this:

location ~* /publicapp/ {
    rewrite ^/publicapp/(.*)$ /myapp/$1 break;
    proxy_pass https://myserver.domain.local;
}

This will rewrite your path and use new one at the .local server.

edited Sep 09 '15 at 10:05

answered Sep 08 '15 at 17:54

pythagor

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Unfortunately, this makes nginx request /old on myserver.domain.local. – bitfrickler Sep 09 '15 at 08:29
Have you any rewrete rules at the myserver.domain.local? As you can see we have not `/old` here. – pythagor Sep 09 '15 at 08:34
I'm sorry. I meant /publicapp. – bitfrickler Sep 09 '15 at 09:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

It works using

rewrite ^/publicapp/(.*) /myapp/$1 break;

At least it does with my very simple application. Now I have to figure out how to do proper link translation (sorry for using ISA Server/TMG terms, don't know if it's the same in nginx).

Thanks to pythagor :-)

edit:

Works only if I keep a trailing slash after the url in the browser (https://www.mywebsite.com/publicapp/).

another edit:

To make sure URLs end with a slash:

rewrite ^([^.]*[^/])$ $1/ permanent;

Taken from: here (first answer)

proxy_pass in nginx to publish webapp under a different directory

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