Proxy Websockets and HTTP through the same location in Nginx?

Yes, you can proxy both WebSockets and HTTP traffic through the same location in Nginx. Nginx has built-in support for handling both WebSocket and HTTP requests.

To configure Nginx to proxy WebSockets and HTTP traffic through the same location, you can use the proxy_pass directive along with appropriate settings.

Here’s an example configuration:

server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location /myapp {
proxy_pass http://backend-server;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection “upgrade”;
}
}

In the above configuration:

With this configuration, Nginx will proxy both WebSocket and HTTP requests for the specified location (/myapp in this example) to the backend server.

You can adapt this configuration to match your specific requirements, such as using SSL/TLS, specifying additional proxy settings, or configuring multiple locations for different services.

Make sure to test and validate the configuration to ensure that WebSocket and HTTP traffic is being properly proxied through Nginx.

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