https://homelab.nbkelley.com/tags/reverse-proxy/ Recent content in Reverse-Proxy on homelab Hugo en Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/web-server-stack/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/web-server-stack/ <h1 id="web-server-stack-nginx--apache">Web Server Stack (Nginx + Apache)<a class="anchor" href="#web-server-stack-nginx--apache">#</a></h1> <h2 id="what-was-established">What Was Established<a class="anchor" href="#what-was-established">#</a></h2> <p>In this setup, Nginx is utilized as a high-performance reverse proxy to handle incoming traffic and static content, while Apache serves as the backend for dynamic content (e.g., PHP/WordPress) due to its flexible <code>.htaccess</code> support.</p> <h2 id="key-decisions">Key Decisions<a class="anchor" href="#key-decisions">#</a></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Architecture</strong>: Nginx acts as the entry point (Port 80/443) and proxies requests to Apache running on a non-standard port (e.g., 8080).</li> <li><strong>Rationale</strong>: Leverages Nginx&rsquo;s superior concurrency and static content handling with Apache&rsquo;s ease of use for per-directory configuration.</li> </ul> <h2 id="current-configuration">Current Configuration<a class="anchor" href="#current-configuration">#</a></h2> <h3 id="apache-backend-configuration">Apache Backend Configuration<a class="anchor" href="#apache-backend-configuration">#</a></h3> <p>Modify <code>/etc/apache2/ports.conf</code> to listen on a different port to avoid conflict with Nginx:</p>