Nginx configuration for NodeJS API

Question

I have some static files, that I can already access, and I have an api, already at digital ocean.

But I am having some troble configuring NGINX to access both at the same time. If my api works, the static files don't. And vice-versa;

My api is running on port 5000, and I want to access the site and the api by IP adress.

Pls, help!

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www/html;

    server_name _;

    location / {

        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

    }

}

server {

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

Richard Smith · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-19 11:20:30Z

1

If both services are being accessed from the same IP address and port, then you need to use one server block. Ideally, you would move the API into a unique URI, for example:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /api/ {
    proxy_pass ...;
    ...
}

If you must use an overlapping URI space for both static files and the API, you can use try_files to check for the existence of a static file first:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy;
}
location @proxy {
    proxy_pass ...;
    ...
}

See this document for more.

answered Sep 19, 2017 at 11:20

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