# ============================================================================ # NGINX.CONF - Load Balancer Configuration # ============================================================================ events { worker_connections 2048; use epoll; multi_accept on; } http { # ==================== UPSTREAM BACKEND SERVERS ==================== upstream backend { least_conn; # Route to server with fewest active connections # Docker Compose creates multiple backend containers # They all listen on port 3000 internally server backend:3000 max_fails=3 fail_timeout=30s weight=1; # Keep connections alive for better performance keepalive 32; keepalive_requests 100; keepalive_timeout 60s; } # ==================== BASIC SETTINGS ==================== include /etc/nginx/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; # Logging log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" ' '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" ' '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for" ' 'upstream: $upstream_addr upstream_status: $upstream_status ' 'request_time: $request_time upstream_response_time: $upstream_response_time'; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; # Performance sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay on; server_tokens off; # Timeouts client_body_timeout 12s; client_header_timeout 12s; send_timeout 10s; # Buffer sizes client_body_buffer_size 10K; client_header_buffer_size 1k; client_max_body_size 50m; large_client_header_buffers 4 16k; # Gzip compression gzip on; gzip_vary on; gzip_proxied any; gzip_comp_level 6; gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/json application/javascript application/xml+rss application/rss+xml font/truetype font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml; # ==================== MAIN SERVER ==================== server { listen 80; server_name _; # Replace with your domain in production # ==================== HEALTH CHECK (No Auth, No Logging) ==================== location = /api/v1/health { access_log off; proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Connection ""; } location = /api/v1/ready { access_log off; proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Connection ""; } # ==================== API ROUTES ==================== location /api/ { # Proxy settings proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_http_version 1.1; # Headers proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; proxy_set_header 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_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port; # Timeouts proxy_connect_timeout 60s; proxy_send_timeout 60s; proxy_read_timeout 60s; # Buffering proxy_buffering on; proxy_buffer_size 4k; proxy_buffers 8 4k; proxy_busy_buffers_size 8k; # Error handling - try next upstream server on errors proxy_next_upstream error timeout http_502 http_503 http_504; proxy_next_upstream_tries 2; # Don't cache by default proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status; } # ==================== ROOT ROUTE ==================== location / { return 200 '{"message":"API Server Running","status":"ok"}'; add_header Content-Type application/json; } # ==================== ERROR PAGES ==================== error_page 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { return 503 '{"error":"Service temporarily unavailable","status":503}'; add_header Content-Type application/json; } } } # ============================================================================ # NOTES: # ============================================================================ # 1. Docker Compose networking automatically resolves "backend" to all # backend service replicas. You don't need to list each IP/port manually. # # 2. The upstream block uses "least_conn" to route to the server with the # fewest active connections (better than round-robin for varying load). # # 3. Health checks at /api/v1/health don't create access logs (reduces noise). # # 4. Error handling with proxy_next_upstream ensures failed requests are # automatically retried on a different backend server. # # 5. For HTTPS in production, add SSL configuration: # # server { # listen 443 ssl http2; # ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem; # ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/key.pem; # ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5; # # ... rest of config ... # } # ============================================================================