This is how you can achieve this.
upstream {
nodeapp 127.0.0.1:8080;
}
server {
listen 80;
# The host name to respond to
server_name cdn.domain.com;
location /(.*) {
proxy_pass http://nodeapp/$1$is_args$args;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-Port $server_port;
proxy_set_header X-Real-Scheme $scheme;
}
}
You can also use this configuration to load balance amongst multiple Node processes like so:
upstream {
nodeapp 127.0.0.1:8081;
nodeapp 127.0.0.1:8082;
nodeapp 127.0.0.1:8083;
}
Where you are running your node server on ports 8081, 8082 and 8083 in separate processes. Nginx will easily load balance your traffic amongst these server processes.