# ================================================== # NGINX REVERSE PROXY CONFIGURATION # Math Platform - Load Balancer + Rate Limiting + Security # ================================================== user nginx; worker_processes auto; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; use epoll; multi_accept on; } http { include /etc/nginx/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; # Logging format log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" ' '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" ' '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for" ' 'rt=$request_time uct="$upstream_connect_time" ' 'uht="$upstream_header_time" urt="$upstream_response_time"'; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main; # Performance optimizations sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay on; keepalive_timeout 65; types_hash_max_size 2048; client_max_body_size 20M; # Gzip compression gzip on; gzip_vary on; gzip_proxied any; gzip_comp_level 6; gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/json application/javascript application/xml+rss application/rss+xml font/truetype font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml; gzip_disable "msie6"; # Rate limiting zones limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=auth_limit:10m rate=5r/s; limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api_limit:10m rate=10r/s; limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=general_limit:10m rate=20r/s; limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=conn_limit:10m; # Upstream servers upstream frontend { server frontend:3000; keepalive 64; } upstream backend { server backend:3001; keepalive 64; } # Security headers add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always; add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always; add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always; add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade" always; # Main server block server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name localhost; # Client body size limit for file uploads client_max_body_size 20M; # Rate limiting limit_conn conn_limit 10; # Frontend routes location / { proxy_pass http://frontend; proxy_http_version 1.1; # Headers proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; 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_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; # Timeouts proxy_connect_timeout 60s; proxy_send_timeout 60s; proxy_read_timeout 60s; # Caching proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; # Hide sensitive upstream headers proxy_hide_header X-Powered-By; proxy_hide_header Server; proxy_hide_header X-AspNet-Version; proxy_hide_header X-AspNetMvc-Version; # Rate limiting limit_req zone=general_limit burst=30 nodelay; } # API routes - Auth endpoints (stricter rate limit) location /api/auth { proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_http_version 1.1; # Headers 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_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; # Timeouts proxy_connect_timeout 30s; proxy_send_timeout 30s; proxy_read_timeout 30s; # Stricter rate limiting for auth limit_req zone=auth_limit burst=10 nodelay; limit_req_status 429; } # API routes - General location /api/ { proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_http_version 1.1; # Headers 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_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; # Timeouts proxy_connect_timeout 60s; proxy_send_timeout 60s; proxy_read_timeout 60s; # Rate limiting limit_req zone=api_limit burst=20 nodelay; limit_req_status 429; } # Health check endpoint location /health { access_log off; return 200 "healthy\n"; add_header Content-Type text/plain; } # Nginx status (for monitoring) location /nginx_status { stub_status on; access_log off; allow 127.0.0.1; allow 172.16.0.0/12; allow 10.0.0.0/8; deny all; } # Error pages error_page 429 /429.html; error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /429.html { internal; return 429 '{"error": "Too many requests. Please slow down."}'; add_header Content-Type application/json; } location = /50x.html { internal; return 500 '{"error": "Internal server error. Please try again later."}'; add_header Content-Type application/json; } # Static files caching location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ { proxy_pass http://frontend; expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; } # WebSocket support for Next.js HMR (development only) location /_next/webpack-hmr { proxy_pass http://frontend; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } } # HTTPS server block (uncomment for production with SSL certificates) # server { # listen 443 ssl http2; # listen [::]:443 ssl http2; # server_name localhost; # # ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem; # ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/key.pem; # ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5; # ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; # # # Same location blocks as above # # ... # } } # ================================================== # CONFIGURATION NOTES # ================================================== # # Rate Limiting: # - /api/auth: 5 requests/second (stricter for security) # - /api/*: 10 requests/second (general API) # - /*: 20 requests/second (frontend pages) # # Connection Limits: # - Max 10 concurrent connections per IP # # Upstream Health: # - Frontend: frontend:3000 # - Backend: backend:3001 # # Monitoring: # - Health check: http://localhost/health # - Nginx status: http://localhost/nginx_status (local only)