How to resolve Nginx “proxy_pass 502 Bad Gateway” error

Question

I have trying to add proxy_set_header in my nginx.conf file. When I try to add proxy_pass and invoke the URL it throws 502 Bad Gateway nginx/1.11.1 error.

Not sure h

Answer 1

502 is sent when your upstream is not reachable.

Try to switch on error log and you might see failed to connect to upstream, for this you need to check whether your upstream server is running or not, sudo service upstream status, and try to switch that on.

Answer 2

Had similar problem with proxy_pass, if your Linux server is using SELINUX then you may want to try this.

$ setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true

Refer to Warren's answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/196907/proxy-nginx-shows-a-bad-gateway-error

Answer 3

Try:

location /azure {
    proxy_pass appserver;
}