How to Use Nginx as a Reverse Proxy to Serve SiteView-Web

This article is for a Linux system!

NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP), and a reverse proxy, load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers.

In this article, we will use Nginx to interface between a web user and SiteView-Web web server.

If you have not installed Nginx, you can use the following command to install it to your system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

1. Edit Nginx default file:
   Enter the following command to open the editor for the default nginx file:

   sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   
   

   Replace the contents with the following script, or if you already have Nginx server running, you can add this script to allow port 80 point to SiteView-Web running on port 5000:

   
   server {
    listen 80 default_server; 
    listen [::]:80 default_server; 
    
    location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:5000/; 
    proxy_http_version 1.1; 
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; 
    proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
   }

    

2. Press Ctrl + X and hit ‘Y’ to save the file and exit from the editor.
3. Launch Nginx Server: Run the following command:

   sudo nginx -s reload
   sudo service nginx restart

4. Access SiteView-Web server:
   From your computer or other devices’ web browser, enter the following address:

   http://[IP address of the Linux System]
   

   You should be able to see the site similar to this: