proxy, upstream, apache vhosts not working

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Thursday 26 July 2012 18:48:45 Isaac Hailperin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to configure nginx as a proxy to a bunch of apaches, all serving
> the same multiple websites via vhosts.
> 
> I had it working with something like
>          location  ~* \.(jpg|gif|png|css|js) {
>                  try_files $uri @proxy;
>          }
>          location @proxy {
>                 proxy_pass http://www.acme.net;
>          }
>          location / {
>                 proxy_pass http://www.acme.net;
> }
> 
> in my server section.
> But this only asked a single apache, the one configured in /etc/hosts
> for http://www.acme.net.
> 
> Now I am trying to use all of my apaches. I defined an upstream block
> like this:
>          upstream backend-all-apaches {
>                  server 10.10.1.25;
>                  server 10.10.1.26;
>                  server 10.10.1.27;
>                  server 10.10.1.28;
>                  server 10.10.1.15;
>                  server 10.10.1.18;
>                  server 10.10.1.20;
>          }
>          proxy_set_header        Host            $host;
> 
> And the following in my server block:
>            location @proxy {
>                  proxy_pass http://backend-all-apaches;
>          }
> All I get in my browser is a default page that also gets deliverd when I
> call http://10.10.1.25 in my browser. So I assume the apaches don't get
> the right host value in the http header. I thought that
>          proxy_set_header        Host            $host;
> would solve this problem, but apprently it does not.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here, or what else could I try?
> 

Is the above configuration is exactly what you're actually use?

 wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev