Reverse Proxy

Reverse Proxying with Nginx

Meteor apps can easily be hosted behind an Nginx webserver by configuring a reverse proxy. You should be using an nginx version >= 1.4, for the best support of WebSockets.

Here is an example configuration that uses a custom port and url base:

server {

    # [...other configuration...]
    location /requests {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/requests;
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

Then you have to launch meteor with a custom ROOT_URL:

$ ROOT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3030/requests meteor

or if you have plexrequests as a systemd service, add this line under [Service]

Environment=ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000/requests

Voilà! You can now access Plex Requests at https://your.domain/requests

You have secured your server with Let's Encrypt right? I recommend the lightweight letsencrypt.sh script.

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Reference:

• http://www.meteorpedia.com/read/nginx
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-meteor-js-application-on-ubuntu-14-04-with-nginx