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WPEngine Reverse Proxy Nginx Config
user nginx;
worker_processes 10;
worker_rlimit_nofile 16384;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
keepalive_timeout 65;
# compress the assets
gzip on;
gzip_proxied any;
server {
listen 80;
server_name blog-proxy;
location /_ping {
auth_basic off;
access_log off;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
stub_status on;
}
resolver 8.8.8.8;
set $upstream_endpoint https://MY_WPENGINE_SUBDOMAIN.wpengine.com:443;
location /blog/ {
rewrite ^/blog/(.*) /$1 break;
# proxy the things
# https://www.poparide.com/blog/how-to-host-wpengine-blog-in-subdirectory-using-reverse-proxy/
proxy_pass $upstream_endpoint;
proxy_set_header Host MY_WPENGINE_SUBDOMAIN.wpengine.com;
# strip /blog/ from the path
# hide a range of other, unimportant headers
proxy_hide_header link;
proxy_hide_header wpe-backend;
proxy_hide_header x-pingback;
# prevent forwarding of cookies
# proxy_set_header Cookie "";
# prevent passing of WP cookie back to client
# proxy_hide_header Set-Cookie;
proxy_redirect https://floorhawk.wpengine.com/ https://www.MY_ACTUAL_DOMAIN.com/blog/;
proxy_redirect http://floorhawk.wpengine.com/ https://www.MY_ACTUAL_DOMAIN.com/blog/;
# for wp-admin
proxy_cookie_domain floorhawk.wpengine.com www.MY_ACTUAL_DOMAIN.com;
proxy_cookie_path / /blog/;
proxy_cookie_path ^/(.*) /blog/$1;
# to prevent wpengine from blocking our ips
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
# replace all instances of the WPEngine subdomain from the response
proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";
sub_filter_types text/html text/css text/xml application/json;
sub_filter 'MY_WPENGINE_SUBDOMAIN.wpengine.com' 'www.MY_ACTUAL_DOMAIN.com/blog';
sub_filter_once off;
}
}
}
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