rewrite subdomain url in nginx to backend-server

Question

I'm running nginx in front of my django (gunicorn) app. I want calls made to:

api.mydomain.com

to be redirected to:

localhost:8080/api

I now have this, but this obviously doesn't work:

server {
    listen     80;
    server_name  api.mydomain.com;
    proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    location / {
        index  index.html index.htm;
        proxy_pass  http://localhost:8080/api;
    }
}

Thanks!

John Lemp · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-22 20:55:00Z

3

You can combine proxy pass with rewrite

server {
    listen     80;
    server_name  api.mydomain.com;
    proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;

    location / {
       index  index.html index.htm;
       rewrite ^(.*)$ /api$1 break;
       proxy_pass   http://localhost:8080;
    }

}

answered Mar 22, 2013 at 20:55

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Nikita Popov Over a year ago

What should I do if I also want to serve my frontend app on 'mydomain.com'?

John Lemp Over a year ago

Just create a separate server block with the server_name mydomain.com and set the root directive to the directory containing the front end files you want to serve.

A human being · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-22 20:52:06Z

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add a new location block like this

location ~ api.mydomain.com
{
    fastcgi_pass localhost:8080;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/Django script's folder's name/$fastcgi_script_name;
}

answered Mar 22, 2013 at 20:52

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