About Using Nginx with Universal Messaging

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Nginx is open-source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, and load balancing. You can use Nginx as a reverse proxy server for Universal Messaging. To do so, you must configure Nginx to redirect HTTP and HTTPS traffic to Universal Messaging.

Important:
Note that Universal Messaging does not support load balancing using Nginx but only proxying.

Consider the following requirements before configuring Nginx for use with Universal Messaging:

You must be familiar with the Nginx structure, configuration, and terminology, including the nginx.conf configuration file and the directives, blocks, and contexts included in it.

You must have Nginx installed. For information about installing and configuring Nginx, see https://nginx.org/en/docs/.

You must configure an nhp or nhps interface on the Universal Messaging server for redirecting HTTP or HTTPS traffic, respectively. For information about how to configure nhp and nhps interfaces, see Creating Interfaces and Creating an SSL-Enabled Interface.