This page is to document the migration of IIS to nginx
SSL Configuration
http://nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/nginx-ssl-termination/
Tomcat configuration
To take full advantage of nginx+ssl, I believe we need to setup Tomcat to use the RemoteIpValve:
https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/api/org/apache/catalina/valves/RemoteIpValve.html
An example is here:
http://kdl.nobugware.com/post/2010/02/12/nginx-ssl-tomcat-confluence
nginx page on configuring individual applications
http://wiki.nginx.org/JavaServers
PHP Applications
[List of PHP Applications here]
Two potential solutions
- PHP applications on nginx reverse proxies
- PHP applications on another server (configured the same as Tomcat servers)
The second option potentially makes session handling easier.
Taylor has php54 option. I believe Taylor has a drupal option as well, but it may not suit our needs.
Necessary installs for PHP:
sudo yum install php54 php54-php-fpm php54-php-mysqlnd
Github's use of nginx and map files
http://githubengineering.com/rearchitecting-github-pages/
VMs
Hostnames and IPs
sca-nginx01 is deployed on > scalnx12-vmm with 12GB memory and 6 cores
sca-nginx02 is deployed on > scalnx13-vmm with 12GB memory and 6 cores
Both will share the sca-www hostname through the virtual IP address 134.79.129.86.
Management of the Virtual IP address will be handled with keepalived.