Experiments with Nginx Forwarding
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Direct Request to Localhost (IP-based)
Client Command
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| curl http://localhost:3000
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Server Request
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
User-Agent: curl/7.88.1
Accept: */*
Direct Request to 127.0.0.1 (IP-based)
Client Command
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| curl http://127.0.0.1:3000
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Server Request
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:3000
User-Agent: curl/7.88.1
Accept: */*
Request Through Nginx Proxy (Without Custom Headers)
Client Command
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| curl http://test.mxroute.xyz
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Nginx Configuration
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| server {
listen 80;
server_name test.mxroute.xyz;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
}
}
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Server Request
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: 127.0.0.1:3000
Connection: close
User-Agent: curl/8.10.1
Accept: */*
Request Through Nginx Proxy (With Custom Headers)
Client Command
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| curl http://test.mxroute.xyz
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Nginx Configuration
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| server {
listen 80;
server_name test.mxroute.xyz;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
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Server Request
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: test.mxroute.xyz
X-Forwarded-For: 103.15.228.94
X-Forwarded-Proto: http
Connection: close
User-Agent: curl/8.10.1
Accept: */*
