I have a node.js site running on port 8080 of my Linux server. I also have, on the same sarver, a PHP site (bugzilla) running on port 80. So my current configuration is:
I want to have both sites running on port 80 like this:
Is that possible?
First of all, disable both services on your machine. then change their ports into something unusual and restart them, for example:
PHP application on 6821
NodeJS application on 6822
Please remember to open them on 127.0.0.1 ! you shouldn't open them on your network interface.
Install nginx as the most used Reverse Proxy. Depends on your distribution you can install it with one of these commands:
For Debian based distributions:
$ sudo apt install nginx
For Arch based distributions:
$ sudo pacman -S nginx
Completely depends on your distro again, this package could have its own files hierarchical. so I will give you just nginx.conf as the main config file. Just remember to copy original config file with any name you prefer, something like nginx.conf.origin
$ sudo cp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.origin
Now, open /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, remove existing configs and copy these configurations inside it:
user nginx;
worker_processes 1;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
keepalive_timeout 15;
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name example.com;
location /mynodejs {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6822;
}
location /bugzilla {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6821;
}
}
}
Notice: Please consider that I wrote this config file with my mind, and because of that you probably will face with an error when you want to run nginx. If so, please write a comment here, so I will test it.
Now, Just restart your nginx! You will get what you want.
The php app can stay where it is unmodified.
When using apache as the webserver, the proxy modules need to be enabled. On ubuntu for example
a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_http
And modify your virtualhost with the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse lines.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/www.example.com/htdocs"
#nodejs app
ProxyPass /mynodejs http://127.0.0.1:8080/
ProxyPassReverse /mynodejs http://127.0.0.1:8080/
<Directory "/var/www/www.example.com/htdocs">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog "|/usr/bin/cronolog /var/www/www.example.com/logs/%Y-%m-%d/error_log"
CustomLog "|/usr/bin/cronolog /var/www/www.example.com/logs/%Y-%m-%d/access_log" combined
</VirtualHost>
Restart apache /etc/init.d/apache2 restart.
