nginx.conf

# my-meteor-app/nginx.conf

# ALL SETTINGS ARE NON-HTTPS
# AS WE ARE USING CLOUDFLARE
# TO MANAGE SSL SESSIONS

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  server_name files.veliov.com;

  # STATIC FILES LOCATION
  root /var/www/meteor-files-website/public;
  # APPLICATION LOCATION
  passenger_app_root /var/www/meteor-files-website;

  add_header Referrer-Policy origin;

  charset utf-8;
  default_type text/html;

  # IF REQUEST IS SENT TO STATIC FILE
  # WHICH DOES NOT EXISTS — FORWARD REQUEST TO NODE.JS
  recursive_error_pages on;
  error_page 404 = @application;

  # SET/DEFINE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
  # passenger_env_var DEBUG false;
  # passenger_env_var ROOT_URL https://files.veliov.com;
  # passenger_env_var DDP_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_URL https://files.veliov.com;
  # passenger_env_var MONGO_URL mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/files-veliov-com;
  # passenger_env_var METEOR_SETTINGS '{"storagePath":"/data/meteor-files/uploads","public":{"maxFileSizeMb":3000,"maxFilesQty":10,"fileTTLSec":129600,"vapid":{"publicKey":""}},"s3":{"key":"","secret":"","bucket":"","region":""},"vapid":{"email":"","privateKey":""}}';

  # AS ALTERNATIVE TO DEFINING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLER IN THIS FILE
  # WE PLACE ALL ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES TO secrets.files-veliov-com.conf
  include /etc/nginx/secrets.files-veliov-com.conf;

  # PASSENGER SETTINGS
  passenger_app_type node;
  passenger_startup_file main.js;
  # SET passenger_sticky_sessions TO `on`
  # TO ENABLE "STICKY" SESSIONS ACROSS
  # MULTI-SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE
  passenger_sticky_sessions off;
  # ALWAYS RUN AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE OF THE APP
  passenger_min_instances 1;
  # path to node.js executable
  # This can be changed per server if
  # different application with different
  # requirement to meteor/node version is
  # running on the same sever
  #
  # As of Jun 2022 Meteor@2.7.3 required node@14.19.3
  # Get this value by calling (!as appuser):
  # nvm which v14.19.3
  passenger_nodejs /home/appuser/.nvm/versions/node/v14.19.3/bin/node;

  location / {
    # CHECK IF REQUEST SENT TO STATIC FILE
    # IF NOT FORWARD REQUEST TO NODE.JS
    try_files $uri @application;
  }

  location @application {
    # OPTIMIZE HTTP FOR SERVING CODE
    proxy_http_version 1.1;

    # ENABLE PASSENGER
    passenger_enabled on;
    break;
  }

  location /sockjs/ {
    # OPTIMIZE HTTP FOR SOCKJS
    sendfile off;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_no_cache 1;
    proxy_cache_bypass 1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;

    # ENABLE PASSENGER
    passenger_enabled on;
    break;
  }
}