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diff --git a/docs/Running-behind-nginx.md b/docs/Running-behind-nginx.md index 81ebc1a75..cad416263 100644 --- a/docs/Running-behind-nginx.md +++ b/docs/Running-behind-nginx.md @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ The software is known for its low impact on memory resources, high scalability, ## Why Nginx -- By default, Nginx is fast and lightweight out of the box. +- By default, Nginx is fast and lightweight out of the box. -- Nginx is used and useful in cases when you want to access different instances of Netdata from a single server. +- Nginx is used and useful in cases when you want to access different instances of Netdata from a single server. -- Password-protect access to Netdata, until distributed authentication is implemented via the Netdata cloud Sign In mechanism. +- Password-protect access to Netdata, until distributed authentication is implemented via the Netdata cloud Sign In mechanism. -- A proxy was necessary to encrypt the communication to netdata, until v1.16.0, which provided TLS (HTTPS) support. +- A proxy was necessary to encrypt the communication to Netdata, until v1.16.0, which provided TLS (HTTPS) support. ## Nginx configuration file @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ You can edit the Nginx configuration file with Nano, Vim or any other text edito After making changes to the configuration files: -- Test Nginx configuration with `nginx -t`. +- Test Nginx configuration with `nginx -t`. -- Restart Nginx to effect the change with `/etc/init.d/nginx restart` or `service nginx restart`. +- Restart Nginx to effect the change with `/etc/init.d/nginx restart` or `service nginx restart`. ## Ways to access Netdata via Nginx @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ After making changes to the configuration files: With this method instead of `SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:19999`, the Netdata dashboard can be accessed via a human-readable URL such as `netdata.example.com` used in the configuration below. -``` +```conf upstream backend { # the Netdata server server 127.0.0.1:19999; @@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ server { } } ``` + ### As a subfolder to an existing virtual host This method is recommended when Netdata is to be served from a subfolder (or directory). In this case, the virtual host `netdata.example.com` already exists and Netdata has to be accessed via `netdata.example.com/netdata/`. -``` +```conf upstream netdata { server 127.0.0.1:19999; keepalive 64; @@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ server { This is the recommended configuration when one Nginx will be used to manage multiple Netdata servers via subfolders. -``` +```conf upstream backend-server1 { server 10.1.1.103:19999; keepalive 64; @@ -152,14 +153,14 @@ Of course you can add as many backend servers as you like. Using the above, you access Netdata on the backend servers, like this: -- `http://netdata.example.com/netdata/server1/` to reach `backend-server1` -- `http://netdata.example.com/netdata/server2/` to reach `backend-server2` +- `http://netdata.example.com/netdata/server1/` to reach `backend-server1` +- `http://netdata.example.com/netdata/server2/` to reach `backend-server2` ### Encrypt the communication between Nginx and Netdata In case Netdata's web server has been [configured to use TLS](../web/server/#enabling-tls-support), it is necessary to specify inside the Nginx configuration that the final destination is using TLS. To do this, please, append the following parameters in your `nginx.conf` -``` +```conf proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https; proxy_pass https://localhost:19999; ``` @@ -174,13 +175,13 @@ Create an authentication file to enable basic authentication via Nginx, this sec If you don't have an authentication file, you can use the following command: -``` +```sh printf "yourusername:$(openssl passwd -apr1)" > /etc/nginx/passwords ``` And then enable the authentication inside your server directive: -``` +```conf server { # ... auth_basic "Protected"; @@ -206,11 +207,12 @@ You can also use a unix domain socket. This will also provide a faster route bet [web] bind to = unix:/tmp/netdata.sock ``` -_note: Netdata v1.8+ support unix domain sockets_ + +*note: Netdata v1.8+ support unix domain sockets* At the Nginx side, use something like this to use the same unix domain socket: -``` +```conf upstream backend { server unix:/tmp/netdata.sock; keepalive 64; @@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ If your Nginx server is not on localhost, you can set: allow connections from = IP_OF_NGINX_SERVER ``` -_note: Netdata v1.9+ support `allow connections from`_ +*note: Netdata v1.9+ support `allow connections from`* `allow connections from` accepts [Netdata simple patterns](../libnetdata/simple_pattern/) to match against the connection IP address. @@ -251,5 +253,4 @@ If you get an 502 Bad Gateway error you might check your Nginx error log: If you see something like the above, chances are high that SELinux prevents nginx from connecting to the backend server. To fix that, just use this policy: `setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true`. - -[]()
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