I have a VPS which runs under CentOS 7. The idea is: to have under maindomain.com node.js front-end app deployed while under api.maindomain.com to have php back-end deployed. Is it possible? Say, add server blocks to Nginx: reverse proxy localhost:4000 for node.js app and the other block for localhost:80 for php back-end.
Maybe there exists the other solution, I don't know, I would appreciate any ideas! The main goal: to have both app at the same server.
Solution 1 with www.maindomain.com + api.maindomain.com
Frontend
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.maindomain.com;
location / {
root /path/to/your/files;
try_files /index.html;
}
}
Backend php API
server {
listen 80;
server_name api.maindomain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:4000;
}
}
Solution 2 everything on same domain, www.maindomain.com
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.maindomain.com;
location /api {
proxy_pass http://localhost:4000/api;
}
location / { # always at the end, like wildcard
root /path/to/your/files;
try_files /index.html;
}
}