Whenever we search for installation and configuration of NGINX on Windows operating system, we generally find example of Linux or Ubantu machines. So, here I am going to discuss about installation and configuration of NGINX on windows machine. Along with it, I will also discuss about how multiple applications (running on different ports on localhost) can be configured with NGINX.
I have also created an Youtube video about this topic. You can go through the video to get more idea.
NOTE: Link of the video: https://youtu.be/h-NWXxyrkJ0?si=hr-_PZ29B_vbSfkC
STEPS of NGINX Installation:
1) Open the following URL of NGINX download website and download the zip file of latest stable version of NGINX.
URL: https://nginx.org/en/download.html
3) Open CMD in Administration mode and move to the NGINX folder. In my case it is "C:\nginx-1.27.0". Then type command like "start NGINX". Open browser and type "http://localhost:80" and press Enter. Now, if below response is coming on browser then NGINX is running properly.
Steps of multiple application configuration on NGINX:
Suppose we have two NodeJS application running in our localhost.
- localhost:3000/helloworld
- localhost:3002/
Here, if we are running these two application on browser, we are getting response. Now, we want to configure both the application in NGINX. After configuring with NGINX, we have to start both the application separately and then restart NGINX server. After this we can access both the application through NGINX in localhost on our Windows machine.
Steps:
1) Open NGINX configuration file that is nginx.conf in Notepad or any editor:
2) Add the following configuration code in http object in nginx.conf file
upstream test_app {
server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}
upstream dev_app {
server 127.0.0.1:3002;
}
3) Add the following code in same nginx.conf file under http.server object
location /test/ {
proxy_pass http://test_app/;
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 $scheme;
}
location /dev/ {
proxy_pass http://dev_app/;
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 $scheme;
}
Below, is the complete nginx.conf file.
#user nobody;
worker_processes 1;
#error_log logs/error.log;
#error_log logs/error.log notice;
#error_log logs/error.log info;
#pid logs/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
#log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
# '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
# '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
#access_log logs/access.log main;
sendfile on;
#tcp_nopush on;
#keepalive_timeout 0;
keepalive_timeout 65;
#gzip on;
upstream test_app {
server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}
upstream dev_app {
server 127.0.0.1:3002;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
#charset koi8-r;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
location /test/ {
proxy_pass http://test_app/;
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 $scheme;
}
location /dev/ {
proxy_pass http://dev_app/;
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 $scheme;
}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root html;
}
# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
#}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# root html;
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
# include fastcgi_params;
#}
# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
#location ~ /\.ht {
# deny all;
#}
}
# another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
#
#server {
# listen 8000;
# listen somename:8080;
# server_name somename alias another.alias;
# location / {
# root html;
# index index.html index.htm;
# }
#}
# HTTPS server
#
#server {
# listen 443 ssl;
# server_name localhost;
# ssl_certificate cert.pem;
# ssl_certificate_key cert.key;
# ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;
# ssl_session_timeout 5m;
# ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
# ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
# location / {
# root html;
# index index.html index.htm;
# }
#}
}
4) Test the code changes in nginx.conf file by command "nginx -t" in CMD. If the response of the command is success then its all good otherwise there is some syntax error that should be rectified before starting the NGINX server
5) Restart the NGINX server with command like "nginx -s reload"
6) Now, access both the application in browser with url like
- Use URL http://localhost/test instead of localhost:3000/helloworld
- Use URL http://localhost/dev instead of localhost:3002/
