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nginxreverse-proxymulti-tenant

nginx - reverse proxy for large number of hosts


We have a port based multi tenancy. Right now we have a separate file in sites-available directory for each tenant. This is becoming cumbersome to manage as the number of tenants grow. Is there a better alternative to this? Each tenant has a separate sub domain.

We can maintain sub domain - port mapping either in db, or in redis. Would it be a better idea to keep it in redis and dynamically route it?

  server {  
    server_name abc.mydomain.com;   
    location /{ proxy_pass http://localhost:7000;   
    proxy_http_version 1.1;   
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;   
    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';   
    proxy_set_header Host $host;   
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;   
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;   
    } 
  }

Solution

  • I have ended up creating a template config file, and having a script generating the actual config files. In my case, it is a nodejs script that will loop through the projects directory, and create a config file for each directory in a config folder. This config folder location is "include"d in the nginx.conf.