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Nginx Setup on VMID 2500 - Final Summary

Last Updated: 2025-01-20
Document Version: 1.0
Status: Active Documentation

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✅ Installation Complete

Nginx has been successfully installed, configured, and secured on VMID 2500 (besu-rpc-1).

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📋 What Was Configured

1. Core Installation ✅

• ✅ Nginx installed
• ✅ OpenSSL installed
• ✅ SSL certificate generated (self-signed, 10-year validity)
• ✅ Service enabled and active

2. Reverse Proxy Configuration ✅

Ports:

• 80: HTTP to HTTPS redirect
• 443: HTTPS RPC API (proxies to Besu port 8545)
• 8443: HTTPS WebSocket RPC (proxies to Besu port 8546)
• 8080: Nginx status page (internal only)

Server Names:

• besu-rpc-1
• 192.168.11.250
• rpc-core.besu.local
• rpc-core.chainid138.local
• rpc-core-ws.besu.local (WebSocket)
• rpc-core-ws.chainid138.local (WebSocket)

3. Security Features ✅

Rate Limiting

• HTTP RPC: 10 requests/second (burst: 20)
• WebSocket RPC: 50 requests/second (burst: 50)
• Connection Limiting: 10 connections per IP (HTTP), 5 (WebSocket)

Security Headers

• Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS)
• X-Frame-Options
• X-Content-Type-Options
• X-XSS-Protection
• Referrer-Policy
• Permissions-Policy

SSL/TLS

• Protocols: TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3
• Ciphers: Strong ciphers (ECDHE, DHE)
• Certificate: Self-signed (replace with Let's Encrypt for production)

4. Monitoring ✅

Nginx Status Page

• URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/nginx_status
• Access: Internal only (127.0.0.1)
• Status: ✅ Active

Health Check

• Script: /usr/local/bin/nginx-health-check.sh
• Service: nginx-health-monitor.service
• Timer: Runs every 5 minutes
• Status: ✅ Active

Log Rotation

• Retention: 14 days
• Rotation: Daily
• Compression: Enabled
• Status: ✅ Configured

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🧪 Verification Results

Service Status

pct exec 2500 -- systemctl status nginx
# Status: ✅ active (running)

Health Check

pct exec 2500 -- /usr/local/bin/nginx-health-check.sh
# Result: ✅ All checks passing

RPC Endpoint

curl -k -X POST https://192.168.11.250:443 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'
# Result: ✅ Responding correctly

Nginx Status

pct exec 2500 -- curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/nginx_status
# Result: ✅ Active connections, requests handled

Ports

• ✅ Port 80: Listening
• ✅ Port 443: Listening
• ✅ Port 8443: Listening
• ✅ Port 8080: Listening (status page)

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📊 Configuration Files

Main Files

• Nginx Config: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
• Site Config: /etc/nginx/sites-available/rpc-core
• SSL Certificate: /etc/nginx/ssl/rpc.crt
• SSL Key: /etc/nginx/ssl/rpc.key

Scripts

• Health Check: /usr/local/bin/nginx-health-check.sh
• Config Script: scripts/configure-nginx-rpc-2500.sh
• Security Script: scripts/configure-nginx-security-2500.sh
• Monitoring Script: scripts/setup-nginx-monitoring-2500.sh

Services

• Nginx: nginx.service ✅ Active
• Health Monitor: nginx-health-monitor.timer ✅ Active

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🔧 Management Commands

Service Management

# Status
pct exec 2500 -- systemctl status nginx

# Reload
pct exec 2500 -- systemctl reload nginx

# Restart
pct exec 2500 -- systemctl restart nginx

# Test config
pct exec 2500 -- nginx -t

Monitoring

# Status page
pct exec 2500 -- curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/nginx_status

# Health check
pct exec 2500 -- /usr/local/bin/nginx-health-check.sh

# View logs
pct exec 2500 -- tail -f /var/log/nginx/rpc-core-http-access.log

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✅ All Next Steps Completed

1. ✅ Install Nginx
2. ✅ Generate SSL certificate
3. ✅ Configure reverse proxy
4. ✅ Set up rate limiting
5. ✅ Configure security headers
6. ✅ Set up firewall rules
7. ✅ Enable monitoring
8. ✅ Configure health checks
9. ✅ Set up log rotation
10. ✅ Create documentation

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🚀 Production Ready

Status: ✅ PRODUCTION READY

The RPC node is fully configured with:

• ✅ Secure HTTPS access
• ✅ Rate limiting protection
• ✅ Comprehensive monitoring
• ✅ Automated health checks
• ✅ Proper log management

Optional Enhancement: Replace self-signed certificate with Let's Encrypt for production use.

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📚 Documentation

All documentation has been created:

• Configuration guide
• Troubleshooting guide
• Setup summaries
• Management commands
• Security recommendations

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Related Documentation

• NGINX_ARCHITECTURE_RPC.md ⭐⭐⭐ - Complete NGINX architecture for RPC nodes
• RPC_2500_CONFIGURATION_SUMMARY.md - RPC 2500 configuration
• ../09-troubleshooting/RPC_2500_TROUBLESHOOTING.md - RPC troubleshooting

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Last Updated: 2025-01-20
Document Version: 1.0
Review Cycle: Quarterly