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Set Up Nginx Reverse Proxy on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Configure Nginx reverse proxy—traffic router—on an Ubuntu VPS—install with

apt install nginx

edit /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy:

server { listen 80; location / { proxy_pass http://backend:3000; } }

Link with

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

reload:

nginx -s reload

Open port with

ufw allow 80

On Vultr test with

curl http://ip

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