Nginx

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Nginx

rewrite reverse proxy 🔗︎

server {
  listen 80
  server_name example.com

location /api/ { proxy_pass http://backend-server:8080/ } }


- proxy-pass: Forwards the request to the specified backend server

```nginx
server {
listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location /old-api/ {
        rewrite ^/old-api/(.*)$ /new-api/$1 break;
proxy_pass http://backend-server:8080;
    }
}
  • rewrite
    • Match the path and replace it with new-api
    • break indicates stopping the processing of subsequent rewrite rules