{"id":2763,"date":"2023-02-02T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2023-02-02T15:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:31:55","slug":"how-to-configure-nginx-ssl-tls-passthrough-with-tcp-load-balancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-nginx-ssl-tls-passthrough-with-tcp-load-balancing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure Nginx SSL\/TLS passthrough with TCP load balancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how you can configure Nginx to perform SSL\/TLS passthrough with TCP load balancing:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install Nginx:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-sql\">sudo apt<span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">get<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">update<\/span><br \/>\nsudo apt<span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">get<\/span> install nginx<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Create a new Nginx configuration file in the <code>sites-available<\/code> directory:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/&lt;your_site&gt;<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Replace <code>&lt;your_site&gt;<\/code> with the desired name for your site.<\/li>\n<li>Add the following content to the file to configure Nginx for TCP load balancing:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-vbnet\">stream {<br \/>\n    upstream backend {<br \/>\n        server backend1.example.com:<span class=\"hljs-number\">443<\/span>;<br \/>\n        server backend2.example.com:<span class=\"hljs-number\">443<\/span>;<br \/>\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    server {<br \/>\n        listen <span class=\"hljs-number\">443<\/span>;<br \/>\n        proxy_pass backend;<br \/>\n        proxy_ssl_certificate \/path\/<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">to<\/span>\/certificate.crt;<br \/>\n        proxy_ssl_certificate_key \/path\/<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">to<\/span>\/certificate.<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">key<\/span>;<br \/>\n        proxy_ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> TLSv1.<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>;<br \/>\n        proxy_ssl_session_reuse <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">on<\/span>;<br \/>\n        proxy_ssl_preread <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">on<\/span>;<br \/>\n        proxy_pass_request_headers <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">on<\/span>;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Replace <code>backend1.example.com<\/code> and <code>backend2.example.com<\/code> with the IP addresses or hostnames of your backend servers.<\/li>\n<li>Replace <code>\/path\/to\/certificate.crt<\/code> and <code>\/path\/to\/certificate.key<\/code> with the paths to your SSL certificate and key, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Create a symbolic link to the configuration file in the <code>sites-enabled<\/code> directory:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">sudo <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">ln<\/span> -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/&lt;your_site&gt; \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Test the Nginx configuration:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">sudo nginx -t<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>If the configuration is valid, restart Nginx to apply the changes:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">sudo systemctl restart nginx<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>Nginx is now configured to perform SSL\/TLS passthrough with TCP load balancing. 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