Question How can I make my changes to Nginx site config Permanent per site?

[ShockWave]

Server operating system version

Centos 7.9

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.63

Hey guys,

Could not find posted question relatable.

I installed Varnish on the server manually.
The current plan is Nginx -> Varnish -> Httpd.

Initially, I got a redirect issue whenever I pointed nginx to varnish through the proxy_pass.
I contacted Liquid support and they solved this by turning of the Redirect from http to https in the Plesk admin. Not sure how safe this is.

My main problem now is that whenever I make changes to the nginx.conf in /var/www/vhosts/system/site1/conf/nginx.conf.
These are my changes under listen <ip> 443 location {}:

• proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6081 to replace proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:7081
• proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;

I can't figure out how to do it in plesk's Additional nginx directives for the site.
However, after 30 mins I believe the changes revert back to the original.
I do not want to set up these changes on every site.

So my question is, how do I make those changes permanently for selected sites?

Well without affecting ssl certificate renewal or anything.
Thanks for any response or advice.

 

[AYamshanov]

• https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/...-domain-s-configurations-in-Plesk-permanently
• Changing Virtual Hosts Settings Using Configuration Templates
  • "nginxDomainVirtualHost.php | This template includes per-website configuration of nginx."

I think it should help, but the process is not trivial.

 

[ShockWave]

Thanks much for the response.

I check the files on server.

It would seem the files I want to customize would be:

• usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/server/nginxVhosts.php

That's where I saw the proxy pass configuration for nginx. I could be totally wrong.
Based on the configuration I see here: nginxDomainVirtualHost.php, doesn't seem like it would affect the proxy pass changes unless I'm wrong.

 

[Raul A.]

You don't necessarily need to create a custom template. I would avoid that because Plesk will update the templates and new features may not work.

Add the following in additional Nginx directives. The location will be matched before ``location /`` and will proxy_pass requests to the Varnish service:

location ~* /  {
    if ($scheme = http) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
    proxy_set_header Ssl-Offloaded https;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-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;
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6081;
}

Proxy mode needs to be enabled, in order to build the Apache configuration files. I would disable Smart static files processing and Serve static files directly by nginx in order to get all requests to Varnish.