Nginx
Installation of Nginx load balancer
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Nginx is used as both reverse proxy and load balancing for on-prem deployments.
Run this to install nginx.
Run this to delete default server.
Set client_max_body_size to 50m on /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
Restart nginx.
This is only a one-time installation. Whenever you want to add new servers to this Nginx, follow the .
(This certificate can be created each time for all the other servers you can configure later).
Once nginx server is installed, it will create sites-enabled and sites-available directories inside /etc/nginx directory.
Use a new Listen IP Address for every server. It is recommended to add a new network interface in the same VM which is part of the same network.
When configuring upstream servers, you need to configure the node port of the Istio IngressGateway. Therefore, it is important to understand the ports and determine which ports connect to which IngressGateway and for what purpose.
Run this to enable the server that is added now.
Test nginx conf for errors.
Restart nginx.
Map the hostnames to Nginx IPs on your DNS service, such as Route53 on AWS.
On AWS EC2, the number of network interfaces that can be created is limited depending on the node type. For example on t3a.small node, the maximum number of network interfaces is 2. Refer to for more info.
Navigate to /etc/nginx/sites-available directory and create a file called <sandbox name>.conf (Example: prod-openg2p.conf) by using file as a template.