# Nginx configuration for discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2017年三月27日 12:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962 "2017-03-27T12:53:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年三月27日 12:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/1 "2017-03-27T12:53:05Z")
I have isntalled discourse on a VPS. Now I want to run a nodeJS app running on port 3030 on the vps.
I have added the following to the `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`:
```plaintext
location /recommender/ {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3030;
}
```
after that, when I goto `myPublicIP/recommender` I received the rails error that the page does not exist. But I want to receive the nginx error.
The configuration worked well on my local but didn’t work well on vps.
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/2 "2017-03-31T18:17:46Z")
does any body know where the config file of nginx is exactly located?
Perhapse I am changing the wrong folder.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/3 "2017-03-31T18:24:08Z")
Did you follow the recommended Docker-based install? Did you set up a reverse proxy [like so](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247)?
Did you navigate to `myPublicIP/recommender` by clicking a link in Discourse or directly, by entering it in the navigation bar of a new tab?
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/4 "2017-03-31T18:34:25Z")
outside of the Docker I didn’t find nginx folder.
I think nginx is installed on Docker
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/5 "2017-03-31T18:38:57Z")
If you want to host non-Discourse sites on the same host, you’ll need to set up a reverse proxy. Simply follow [these steps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247) to do so. In the end, you’ll have an nginx running outside of Docker to fiddle with 🙂
(Please note that Discourse and your external website should use different domains, or links from Discourse will break.)
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/6 "2017-03-31T18:50:58Z")
Can I install the app inside the docker?
This is simple nodeJS app that I can run it every where.
Can I use docker for my small app?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [2017年三月31日 18:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/7 "2017-03-31T18:59:52Z")
> [@Alavi1412](#):
>
> Can I install the app inside the docker?
No. (It’s not recommended. It would be _possible_, but not very easy or worthwhile.)
> [@Alavi1412](#):
>
> Can I use docker for my small app?
Yes, but if you don’t know that already, you might rather follow the link that @fefrei pointed to. If you put your app in a container, you would still need another Nginx (perhaps running in a Docker container) to reverse proxy to Discourse and your app.
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年四月3日 11:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/8 "2017-04-03T11:10:02Z")
@fefrei
We have installed discourse with [this](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) process.
Doing the [following](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247) will solve my problem or not?
does it may cause error?
should we delete the previous nginx or not?
Are these steps SAFE?(Very Important)
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2017年四月3日 11:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/9 "2017-04-03T11:18:58Z")
These steps should be up-to-date and are quote popular, so they are relatively safe. Still, I’d always recommend having a backup!
> [@Alavi1412](#):
>
> should we delete the previous nginx or not?
Which previous `nginx`?
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [2017年四月3日 11:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/10 "2017-04-03T11:21:25Z")
> [@fefrei](#):
>
> Which previous nginx?
the nginx inside the docker
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2017年四月3日 11:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/11 "2017-04-03T11:26:11Z")
No – with Discourse, you should (almost) never need to modify anything within its Docker container 🙂
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### Author:  [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)
#### Post date: [2018年一月22日 01:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/12 "2018-01-22T01:08:10Z")
Hello guys,
can someone help me to solve [this old “issue”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-open-pdf-files-in-same-browser-window/25823), by explaining me where I can find and edit the nginx config? I found some snippet, that could help me:
[https://stackoverflow.com/a/31321716](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31321716)
> I added to my mime.types file:
>
> ` audio/x-wav wav;`
>
> In my nginx config:
>
> ```
> location ~ \.wav$ {
> add_header Content-Disposition "inline";
> }
>
> ```
It would be nice to view the pdf file inside browser window itself. I guess, it must look like this …
` application/pdf pdf;`
```
location ~ \.pdf$ {
add_header Content-Disposition "inline";
}
```
What would be the most elegant way to realise this?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [2018年一月22日 01:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/13 "2018-01-22T01:17:26Z")
[Run other websites on the same machine as Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247) has an example of how to change the Nginx config inside the container.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2020年四月11日 13:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse/59962/14 "2020-04-11T13:51:52Z")