Nginx HTTPS with Basic Auth reverse proxy for VMware ESXi 6.5 fixed VMRC /screen

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:31:02 +0800

Nginx HTTPS with Basic Auth reverse proxy for VMware ESXi 6.5 fixed VMRC /screen

server {
 listen 80;
 server_name esxi.hackion.com;
 return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
 listen 443 ssl;
 server_name esxi.hackion.com;

 ssl_certificate /mycert.crt;
 ssl_certificate_key /mykey.key;

 location / {
 auth_basic "Restricted Content";
 auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;

 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 proxy_set_header Host $host;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
 proxy_set_header Origin '';
 proxy_set_header Authorization ''; #Don't pass the Nginx Basic Auth to ESXi or it will break VMRC.
 proxy_pass_header X-XSRF-TOKEN;
 proxy_pass https://esxi_server;
 proxy_send_timeout 300;
 proxy_read_timeout 300;
 send_timeout 300;
 client_max_body_size 1000m;

 # enables WS support
 proxy_http_version 1.1;
 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
 }
}

server {
 listen 443 ssl http2;

 # ssl_certificate and ssl_certificate_key are required
 ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/myletsencryptdomain/fullchain.pem;
 ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/myletsencryptdomain/privkey.pem;

 include /etc/nginx/snippets/ssl-params.conf;
 # removed DH params as my ssl-params.conf specifies to only use ECDHE key exchange.

 server_name fqdn.extern;

 location / {
 proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

 proxy_ssl_verify off; # No need on isolated LAN
 proxy_pass https://vcenter.ip; # esxi IP Address

 proxy_http_version 1.1;
 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

 proxy_buffering off;
 client_max_body_size 0;
 proxy_read_timeout 36000s;

 proxy_redirect https://fqdn.local/ https://fqdn.extern/; # read comment below
 # replace vcenter-hostname with your actual vcenter's hostname, and esxi with your nginx's server_name.
 }

 location /websso/SAML2 {
 proxy_set_header Host fqdn.local; # your actual vcenter's hostname
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

 proxy_ssl_verify off; # No need on isolated LAN
 proxy_pass https://vcenter.ip; # esxi IP Address

 proxy_http_version 1.1;
 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

 proxy_buffering off;
 client_max_body_size 0;
 proxy_read_timeout 36000s;
 proxy_ssl_session_reuse on;

 proxy_redirect https://fqdn.local/ https://fqdn.extern/; # read comment below
 # replace vcenter-hostname with your actual vcenter's hostname, and esxi with your nginx's server_name.
 }
}

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Nginx HTTPS with Basic Auth reverse proxy for VMware ESXi 6.5 fixed VMRC /screen