Two Problems with proxy_pass to upstream

[Sean Fulton]

The two remote servers may be expanded to a third, off-site. So what I 
am trying to do is simply proxy the whole ssl transaction over to the 
apache servers, not have nginx handle it at all, just pass it over.

sean


Dave Cheney wrote:
> Two things.
>
> 1. you probably don't need to pass
>
>>> upstream gcn-ssl { server 74.201.38.2:443 ; server 74.201.39.2:443 
>>> backup ; }
>>>
>
> if nginx is handling the ssl negotation. Backending to the http port 
> is a more accepted pattern.
>
> 2.
>
>>> server_name www.gcnpublishing.com ; ssl on ;
> Is probably not sufficient, you'll need to configure your private key 
> and signed cert as well.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> On 29/10/2008, at 12:27 AM, Sean Fulton wrote:
>
>> Yes, that is the problem. The NGINX server you are hitting is 
>> supposed to pass the request to an upstream apache server but it isn't.
>>
>> sean
>
>
>

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