Configure the reverse proxy on TurboStack

How to enable the reverse proxy for an application on TurboStack so Nginx forwards requests to your application's upstream port, plus the YAML it produces.

Enabling the reverse proxy tells Nginx to forward an application's requests to your application's upstream port instead of serving PHP or static files.

The Reverse Proxy panel under Configure application > Technologies, enabled, showing the IP/Hostname and Port fields, the note that it exposes Docker and Node.js applications, and the warning that it is incompatible with Varnish
The Reverse Proxy panel under Configure application > Technologies, enabled, showing the IP/Hostname and Port fields, the note that it exposes Docker and Node.js applications, and the warning that it is incompatible with Varnish

Where to configure it

The reverse proxy is enabled per application:

  1. Open the host and select the application.
  2. Go to Configure application > Technologies > Reverse Proxy.
  3. Enable the reverse proxy and set the upstream port your application listens on.

TurboStack generates the Nginx vhost from there - there is no raw proxy config to write by hand.

YAML configuration

Required

Key Meaning
proxy_enabled Set to true to forward this application's requests to a backend upstream.
proxy_upstream_port The port your application listens on, where Nginx forwards requests.

Optional

Key Meaning
proxy_upstream_host The host Nginx forwards to. Defaults to 127.0.0.1 (loopback). 
# Per-application: forward requests to a backend app on port 3000
proxy_enabled: true
proxy_upstream_port: 3000
proxy_upstream_host: 127.0.0.1   # optional, this is the default

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