Python and Nginx issue

Question

I'm trying to setup a python server using port 8080 and having nginx to proxy from port 80 to 8080.

Right now I have

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

running, but for some reason I can not get Nginx to proxy it. I keep getting a "404 Not Found" error. (nginx/1.10.2) Here is the config I have on Nginx.

server {
listen       80;
server_name  localhost;

#charset koi8-r;
#access_log  /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log  main;

location /static/ {
#    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    root   /home/ec2-user;
    index  index.html index.htm;
    proxy_pass   http://localhost:8080;
}

#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   /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

Thank you

lol.. sorry Im new to Nginx.. I have a html file, python server is displaying on port 8080. I want the outside world to use port 80 and Nginx to proxy it to port 8080.. hope that helps — Devon
– Devon, Commented Dec 6, 2016 at 5:37
my Nginx config: pastebin.com/4cc2vEKj . It works with Gunicorn but it doesn't matter - it works the same way with any server because it uses socket to connect. — furas
– furas, Commented Dec 6, 2016 at 8:43

Tim · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-06 18:04:24Z

2

You need to remove the index directive inside your location block:

server {
listen       80;
server_name  localhost;

#charset koi8-r;
#access_log  /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log  main;

location /static/ {
#    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    root   /home/ec2-user;
    # index  index.html index.htm; # It is looking for an index
    proxy_pass   http://localhost:8080;
}

#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   /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

The index makes nginx look for an index before the proxy_pass happens. Commenting it or removing it will resolve the issue.

Also, the root is not needed either. Just this actually:

locatioin /static/ {
    proxy_pass   http://localhost:8080/
}

edited Dec 6, 2016 at 18:04

answered Dec 6, 2016 at 5:31

Tim

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6 Comments

Tim Over a year ago

Could you update your question with the Python code? Remember that proxy_pass is going to send /static to your application, so remember that you need to respond to that URI.

Devon Over a year ago

I made the adjustments you mentioned. The python web server conf is correct, but when I try to proxy it, I still getting the 404 Not Found error...

Devon Over a year ago

The python code is just a .py script to run the Python Webserver on port 80 to say "Hello World".

Devon Over a year ago

I getting this errror in the log, [crit] 2562#2562: *1 connect() to 127.0.0.1:12891 failed (13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream, client: IP, server: localhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "127.0.0.1:8080", host: "IP:80"

Tim Over a year ago

Oh, it is selinux - I just disabled selinux out of the box because it is annoying (bad practice) but you could also run this: /usr/sbin/setsebool httpd_can_network_connect true Here: stackoverflow.com/questions/25235453/…

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Yun Dun · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-20 14:37:36Z

0

You can actually embed Python code in nginx with the Python module https://github.com/arut/nginx-python-module

answered Jan 20, 2017 at 14:37

Yun Dun

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