Nginx proxy module

Similar to the previous chapter, the first step towards establishing the new architecture will be to discover the appropriate module. The default Nginx build comes with the proxy module, which allows forwarding of HTTP requests from the client to a backend server. We will be configuring multiple aspects of the module:

• Basic address and port information of the backend server
• Caching, buffering, and temporary file options
• Limits, timeout, and error behavior
• Other miscellaneous options

All these options are available via directives which we will learn to configure throughout this section.

Main directives

The first set of directives will allow you to establish a basic configuration such as the location of the backend server, information to be passed, and how it should be passed:

Directive	Description
proxy_pass Context: location, if	Specifies that the request should be forwarded to the backend server by indicating its location: For regular HTTP forwarding, the syntax is proxy_pass http...