Configure Nginx as reverse proxy for Couchdb - apache

Question

I have a Couchdb database that should not be accessed directly, so I need to use a reverse proxy.
How to configure Nginx or apache as a reverse proxy for Couchdb?

Answer 1

To reverse proxy in nginx, you need a config that looks like this https://www.nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/reverse-proxy/
upstream mycouch {
server 192.168.0.100:
}
server {
listen *:80;
server_name mycouch.mydomain.whatever.com;
underscores_in_headers on;
location / {
expires off;
proxy_pass http://mycouch;
proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_buffering off;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
This will proxy HTTP calls for your couchdb. Since you tagged this question with docker, if you wanted to bake a container with this stuff, I'd suggest you start FROM nginx, https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx/ (or, just mount a config file in to nginx image as is)

Answer 2

Based on #djcrabhat replay, I created this config to enables replication
...
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.99.100:5984 //couchdb address
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
location ~ ^/(.*)/_changes {
proxy_pass http://192.168.99.100:5984 //couchdb address
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_buffering off;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
...