nginx redirects back to remote_addr IP

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by bzzik, Feb 24, 2012.

  1. bzzik

    bzzik New Member

    Hi ppl ;)

    I am trying to setup nginx 1.0.12 as a proxy for apache 2.2.15, but faced strange problem. And I cannot solve it for third day in a row :(
    I have test site http://c-craft.info and have installed roundcube in /roundcube subdirectory. So here is the problem:

    If you will try to open http://c-craft.info/roundcube you will get strange redirect back to your own IP address. So nginx tries to download static files from remote_addr. But if you will add trailing slash to uri http://c-craft.info/roundcube/ it will work.

    Another example: try to open http://www.contra.lv - you also will get redirect back to your own IP address and again nginx tries to download static files from remote_addr.

    Interesting thing is that connencting through apache works nice:
    http://c-craft.info:9091/roundcube
    http://contra.lv:9091

    I really need your advice how to fix it, cause I am stuck :confused:

    Here is my config files:

    nginx.conf
    sites-enabled/default
    sites-enabled/c-craft.info.conf
    sites-enabled/contra.lv.conf
    proxy.conf

    In apache httpd.conf I have:
    Thank you in advance for any advice you have :)
     
    Last edited: Feb 24, 2012
  2. Carlinforge

    Carlinforge New Member

    is this now working?

    i reviewed the post and hello from c-craft.info does not redirect. Pls reply with an update as this is great way for newbie to learn ... thx in advance

    :confused:
     
  3. bzzik

    bzzik New Member

    Yeah, this one does not redirect.
    But http://c-craft.info/roundcube and http://www.contra.lv does... And this driving me crazy. :mad:
     
  4. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    c-craft.info/roundcube is working for me as well, while contra.lv isn't.

    The only difference in your vhosts that I see is server_name_in_redirect off;
     
  5. bzzik

    bzzik New Member

    c-craft.info/roundcube - you do not have any redirects? Sure that it opens normally without trailing slash?

    I put server_name_in_redirect off; to contra.lv.conf, but it did not help...


    Update:
    Ok, I think I found the problem. For some reason $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] is incorrect - it is getting equal to $remote_addr, but not always... this is weird. I am trying to understand how does this happen, is it nginx, apache or PHP problem?

    Update 2:
    So this sounds like nginx problem... you can check two test addresses: http://contra.lv/server.php and http://contra.lv:9091/server.php. You can see, that HTTP_POST is different on nginx and apache...
     
    Last edited: Feb 26, 2012
  6. bzzik

    bzzik New Member

    I solved one of the problems. On another forum user adviced me to change $host to $http_host in the proxy.conf and add there new line:
    $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] is correct now and contra.lv is working :) In fact after adding this line
    everything it started to work. But in all tutorials about nginx as reverse_proxy there is nothing about this line...

    And the problem with trailing slash still exists: http://c-craft.info/roundcube still redirects back to $remote_addr. :(
     
    Last edited: Feb 26, 2012

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