Proxy HTTPS requests to a HTTP backend with NGINX.
- by Mike
I have nginx configured to be my externally visible webserver which talks to a backend over HTTP.
The scenario I want to achieve is:
Client makes HTTPS request to nginx
nginx proxies request over HTTP to the backend
nginx receives response from backend over HTTP.
nginx passes this back to the client over HTTPS
My current config (where backend is configured correctly) is:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
location ~ .* {
proxy_pass http://backend;
proxy_redirect http://backend https://$host;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
}
}
My problem is the response to the client (step 4) is sent over HTTP not HTTPS. Any ideas?
