reverse proxy - http (80) to https (back-end) in Docker container

[Aleksandar Lazic]

Hi.

Am 27.05.2019 um 19:51 schrieb Joey Côté:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am attempting to use nginx as a reverse proxy to funnel HTTP traffic to a
> HTTPS back-end (both in a Docker container). I cannot enable HTTPS on my
> front-end yet, so this would be a temporary solution to my issue.
> 
> Only one of my back-end application is giving me an issue right now, and that
> issue seems to be characterized by the JSESSIOND cookie coming from the
> back-end  being lost at the nginx level. If I test outside Docker with SSL, I
> get a JSESSIONID cookie in my request back.

To verify your assumption please try to run haproxy in debug and take a look
what the backend sends you.

https://nginx.org/en/docs/debugging_log.html

> My two URLs are [example]:
> http://myurl.example.com/AppA
> http://myurl.example.com/AppB
> 
> I believe that I may need to enable SSL certificates between nginx and my
> back-ends, but I couldn't find clear indications on how to do this online.
> 
> My nginx config file looks like this:
> 
> worker_processes 1;
> daemon off;
> 
> events {
>     worker_connections 1024;
> }
> 
> http {
>     access_log /dev/stdout;
>     error_log /dev/stderr warn;
> 
>     server {
>         listen              80;
>         server_name         myurl.example.com <http://myurl.example.com>;
> 
>         location /AppA {
>             proxy_pass      https://localhost:9443;
>         }
> 
>         location /AppB {
>             proxy_pass      https://localhost:9043;
>         }
>     }
> }
> 
> Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
> 
> JC
> 
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