proxy_pass to dyndns address

Richard Stanway r1ch+nginx at teamliquid.net
Mon Jul 30 16:02:41 UTC 2018


nginx only resolves hostname once on startup. See this workaround:

https://github.com/DmitryFillo/nginx-proxy-pitfalls

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 8:47 PM basti <mailinglist at unix-solution.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> inside a location I have a proxy_pass to a hostname with a dynamic IP
> for example
>
> location ^~ /example/ {
>         proxy_pass https://host1.dyndns.example.com;
> }
>
> getent hosts resolve the right IP.
> But in via nginx return a 504.
>
> When I reload nginx it work until IP is changed.
> The DNS Server for this is on the same host.
> TTL is only 300s.
>
> I have found the resolver directive, I'm not sure if this is the right
> one because of the small TTL.
> Is there a way to get this working?
>
> Best Regards
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