Setting up nginx on Ubuntu for parse-server

Before You Begin

1. Check for updates
   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Install nginx

1. Install nginx
   sudo apt-get install -y nginx
2. Decide how you want to access parse:
   a. example.com/parseapp/
   b. parseapp.example.com/ (don’t forget to add an A record for parseapp pointing to the IP address and include subdomain in Let’s Encrypt certificates)

Setup nginx for example.com/parseapp/

1. Change directory
   cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
2. Open default
   sudo nano default
3. Select all
   ctrl+shift+6
   ↓↓↓↓ to the bottom
   ctrl+K
4. Paste the following in, changing example.com, parseapp, and portnumber
   
   nginx configuration

   Shell

   # HTTP - redirect all requests to HTTPS server { listen 80; listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri; } # HTTPS - serve HTML from /usr/share/nginx/html, proxy requests to /parse/ # through to Parse Server server { listen 443; server_name example.com; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html index.htm; ssl on; # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt: ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH'; # Pass requests for example.com/parseapp/ to parse-server instance at localhost:portnumber location /parseapp/ { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true; proxy_pass http://localhost:portnumber/parse/; proxy_ssl_session_reuse off; proxy_set_header Host \$http_host; proxy_redirect off; } location / { try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404; } }

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   # HTTP - redirect all requests to HTTPS server {     listen 80;     listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;     return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri; }   # HTTPS - serve HTML from /usr/share/nginx/html, proxy requests to /parse/ # through to Parse Server server {         listen 443;         server_name example.com;           root /usr/share/nginx/html;         index index.html index.htm;           ssl on;         # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt:         ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;         ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;         ssl_session_timeout 5m;         ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;         ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';           # Pass requests for example.com/parseapp/ to parse-server instance at localhost:portnumber           location /parseapp/ {                 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr;                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;                 proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;                 proxy_pass http://localhost:portnumber/parse/;                 proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;                 proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;                 proxy_redirect off;         }         location / {                 try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404;         } }

5. Save and exit
6. Restart nginx
   sudo service nginx restart

Setup nginx for parseapp.example.com/

1. Change directory
   cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
2. Open default
   sudo nano default
3. Select all
   ctrl+shift+6
   ↓↓↓↓ to the bottom
   ctrl+K
4. Paste the following in, changing example.com, parseapp, and portnumber
   
   nginx configuration

   Shell

   # HTTP - redirect all requests to HTTPS server { listen 80; listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri; } # HTTPS - serve HTML from /usr/share/nginx/html, proxy requests to /parse/ # through to Parse Server server { listen 443; server_name example.com; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html index.htm; ssl on; # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt: ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH'; location / { try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404; } } server { listen 443; server_name parseapp.example.com; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html index.htm; ssl on; # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt: ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH'; # Pass requests for parseapp.example.com/ to Parse Server instance at localhost:portnumber/parse/ location / { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true; proxy_pass http://localhost:portnumber/parse/; proxy_ssl_session_reuse off; proxy_set_header Host \$http_host; proxy_redirect off; } }

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   # HTTP - redirect all requests to HTTPS server {     listen 80;     listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;     return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri; }   # HTTPS - serve HTML from /usr/share/nginx/html, proxy requests to /parse/ # through to Parse Server server {         listen 443;         server_name example.com;           root /usr/share/nginx/html;         index index.html index.htm;           ssl on;         # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt:         ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;         ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;         ssl_session_timeout 5m;         ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;         ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';           location / {                 try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404;         } }   server {         listen 443;         server_name parseapp.example.com;           root /usr/share/nginx/html;         index index.html index.htm;           ssl on;         # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt:         ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;         ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;         ssl_session_timeout 5m;         ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;         ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';           # Pass requests for parseapp.example.com/ to Parse Server instance at localhost:portnumber/parse/           location / {                 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr;                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;                 proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;                 proxy_pass http://localhost:portnumber/parse/;                 proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;                 proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;                 proxy_redirect off;         } }

5. Save and exit
6. Restart nginx
   sudo service nginx restart

Mini series

1. Setting up a server at Linode
2. Install Let’s Encrypt to Create SSL Certificates on Ubuntu
3. Setting up MongoDB on Ubuntu
4. Setting up nginx on Ubuntu for parse-server
5. Setting up parse-server on Ubuntu