Nginx Reverse Proxy NestJS/NodeJS

Using NestJS. It is easy to build a server-side application. But it's a bit troublesome to deploy. Because the files packaged by NestJS. There is no index.php/index.html file like in PHP projects or static HTML projects

To run NestJS applications behind Nginx, you need to ensure that the NestJS application is listening on a port, and then configure Nginx as a reverse proxy. Here is a basic Nginx configuration example that proxies traffic to NestJS applications running on port 3000:

Firstly, make sure that your NestJS application is listening on a port, such as 3000.
Add reverse proxy configuration in the server block of site Nginx VHost configuration file

location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:3000; 
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_redirect off;
}

Restart Nginx or reload Nginx configuration

Now, when you access your server through a website domain, all requests will be forwarded by Nginx to the NestJS application running on port 3000.

Nginx Reverse Proxy NestJS/NodeJS ​

Nginx Reverse Proxy NestJS/NodeJS