Subj : Nginx as proxy?
To   : All
From : Tmccaf
Date : Fri Feb 06 2026 01:02 pm

I am trying to figure out how to use Nginx as proxy. I tried the following and
get 502 Bad Gateway.

I changed Http port of SBBS to 8088.

server {
    server_name galaxybbs.net www.galaxybbs.net;
     
 listen       11235 ssl;
     location / {
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
         proxy_pass http://myprivateipofmachine:1213;
}

location ^~ /webbbs {
      try_files $uri @app;
  }
  location @app {
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_pass http://http://myprivateipofmachine:8088;
      proxy_redirect off;
      rewrite /webbbs(.*) /$1 break;
  }
  # api call seems to be absolute, so you must alias /api/ url's
  location /api/ {
      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_pass http://http://myprivateipofmachine/api/;

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