How to deploy nginx project to external network

Background introduction:

Usually our development environment is deployed under the intranet, but when it comes to the real production environment, we will have many questions? For example: How to deploy our project to the external network? What is Alibaba Cloud Server? Why so many companies use Alibaba Cloud servers and so on.

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1. How to deploy the project to the external network?

First of all, if a project is to be deployed to the external network, the project must be deployed to a server placed on the external network. That is to say, other external computers (non-LAN) can be accessed through domain names or IPs (generally, IP is not used and is vulnerable to attacks. If you want to use it, you can refer to the external network IP for direct access). So how to place the server on the external network? There are generally two ways:

(1) You can deploy the Nginx server to the external network, and Nginx then performs a reverse proxy on the internal server

(2) You can use a third-party server (such as: Alibaba Cloud Server), so that the entire environment is on the external network.

Follow the above two methods, let’s explain in detail below:

2. Deploy Nginx to the external network

We know that Nginx deployment in the production environment is like this, As long as the Nginx server is placed on the external network, other browsers can access Nginx through the external network, and then Nginx can access the specific internal application server through the internal LAN reverse proxy server, as shown below:

So how to map the Nginx address of the internal network to the external network? We know that the external network can be accessed through NatApp. In addition to NatApp, there are other ways to deploy the intranet server to the external network. The first thing we need to know is the "domain name"?

According to Baidu Encyclopedia, domain name (Domain Name) is the name of a computer or computer group on the Internet consisting of a string of names separated by dots. It is used to identify the computer's electronic name during data transmission. position. (For example: "baidu.com"). The function of a domain name is to facilitate the memory and communication of a group of server addresses.

So how to register a domain name?

Answer: There are many domain name service providers, such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Baidu Cloud and other foreign countries.

After we successfully registered the domain name, we successfully deployed Nginx to the external network.

3. Alibaba Cloud Server ECS

(1) Introduction and advantages of Alibaba Cloud Server

To understand what Alibaba Cloud Server ECS is, we must first determine what cloud server. Elastic Compute Service (ECS for short, cloud server in Chinese) is a basic cloud storage and cloud computing service provided by Alibaba Cloud. In short, a cloud server upgrades a fixed-configuration server to a cloud server whose configuration can be adjusted at any time.

Using cloud server ECS is as convenient and efficient as using water, electricity, gas and other resources. You do not need to purchase hardware equipment in advance. Instead, you can create the required number of cloud server ECS instances at any time based on business needs. You can expand disk capacity and increase bandwidth at any time. If the cloud server is no longer needed, resources can be released at any time to save costs.

Why do more and more companies choose to use Alibaba Cloud servers?

Answer: Compared with ordinary IDC computer rooms or server manufacturers, the cloud server ECS provided by Alibaba Cloud has the following advantages: security, elasticity, and high availability.

(3) How to deploy the project to Alibaba Cloud server?

It is divided into several steps:

Purchase Alibaba Cloud server (of course it is virtual, not a physical machine)

Register a domain name

Remotely operate Alibaba Cloud Server

Configure the project environment to the Alibaba Cloud server

Deploy the project to the Alibaba Cloud server.

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