NGiNX

NGiNX Nginx ( /ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks/ EN-jin-EKS[8]) (stylized as NGiNX or nginx) is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. The software was created by Igor Sysoev and first publicly released in 2004. A company of the same name was founded in 2011 to provide support and Nginx plus paid software.

Nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms of a BSD-like license. A large fraction of web servers use NGINX, often as a load balancer.

Proxy Forwarding

This is a basic reverse proxy setting for a subdomain within a network that doesn't have outside access due to reasons. This can be set for anything else as well. Be aware of how you access this within the local network and if https is needed as it has to be set exact within "proxy_pass" and the first part of "proxy_redirect":

        server {
                 listen 443 ssl;
                 listen [::]:443 ssl;
                 server_name test.tbpchan.cz;
        ssl on;
                ssl_certificate /usr/local/etc/fullchain.pem;
            ssl_certificate_key /usr/local/etc/privkey.pem;
        location / {
                        proxy_pass http://192.168.1.255:8080;
                        proxy_set_header Host $host;
                        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_redirect      http://192.168.1.255:8080 http://192.168.1.255;
                }
        }

NGiNX authentication browser popup

This provides blocking based on logins. You have to run the first command and create a new .htpasswd file before using it however.

• Generate .htpasswd file

        htpasswd -c /home/username/.htpasswd username

• Change or update .htpasswd file

        htpasswd /home/username/.htpasswd-users username

• NGiNX configuration for .htpasswd authentication

        auth_basic "Restricted Content";
        auth_basic_user_file /home/username/.htpasswd;