Web Server

GeoCat recommends use of NGINX or Apache HTTP Server to manage HTTP and HTTPS connections. The web server is configured as a reverse proxy forwarding requests to Apache Tomcat.

  1. Installation options

    • NGINX

    • Apache HTTP Server

  2. HTTPS configuration

    • Certificate Generation

    • NGINX

    • Apache HTTP Server

  3. Reverse proxy

    • NGINX

    • Apache HTTP Server

    server {
      listen 80;
    
      server_name    example.com;
      access_log /var/log/nginx/tomcat-access.log;
      error_log /var/log/nginx/tomcat-error.log;
    
      location / {
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
      }
    }
    
  1. HTTP and HTTPS can now be used: