How to put an NGINX caching HTTPS reverse proxy as a “bandwidth booster” between a locked-down box and a...
We have a webcam aimed at our snack counter that lets folks see what's available. It outputs various resolutions over HLS and DASH via HTTPS. Our IT team was extremely concerned about the video from that camera escaping the LAN, so they locked down both the webcam and the LAN (down to the MAC address in the switches).
Unfortunately, the camera has become too popular and it keeps falling over, continuously rebooting. A caching HTTPS reverse proxy is what's needed, but IT won't let me inside the webcam box, nor will they change the LAN configuration, but they will let me put a small Linux box between the webcam and the switch. And they will also give me the TLS cert the webcam box uses.
So, I'll have 2 ports, an input to connect to the webcam box, and an output to the switch. The output port must have the same MAC and IP addresses as the input, else the traffic will never reach the LAN.
Basically, I'm trying to make an "invisible bandwidth booster".
Google tells me NGINX is the most direct way to implement a caching HTTPS reverse proxy. Unfortunately, I'm an NGINX noob.
Here's the problem: I'm looking at NGINX config examples, and they seem to use only URL-based references, where I believe I need to use the named physical interfaces.
What am I missing?
ethernet nginx-reverse-proxy
asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
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We have a webcam aimed at our snack counter that lets folks see what's available. It outputs various resolutions over HLS and DASH via HTTPS. Our IT team was extremely concerned about the video from that camera escaping the LAN, so they locked down both the webcam and the LAN (down to the MAC address in the switches).
Unfortunately, the camera has become too popular and it keeps falling over, continuously rebooting. A caching HTTPS reverse proxy is what's needed, but IT won't let me inside the webcam box, nor will they change the LAN configuration, but they will let me put a small Linux box between the webcam and the switch. And they will also give me the TLS cert the webcam box uses.
So, I'll have 2 ports, an input to connect to the webcam box, and an output to the switch. The output port must have the same MAC and IP addresses as the input, else the traffic will never reach the LAN.
Basically, I'm trying to make an "invisible bandwidth booster".
Google tells me NGINX is the most direct way to implement a caching HTTPS reverse proxy. Unfortunately, I'm an NGINX noob.
Here's the problem: I'm looking at NGINX config examples, and they seem to use only URL-based references, where I believe I need to use the named physical interfaces.
What am I missing?
ethernet nginx-reverse-proxy
asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
BobCBobC
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We have a webcam aimed at our snack counter that lets folks see what's available. It outputs various resolutions over HLS and DASH via HTTPS. Our IT team was extremely concerned about the video from that camera escaping the LAN, so they locked down both the webcam and the LAN (down to the MAC address in the switches).
Unfortunately, the camera has become too popular and it keeps falling over, continuously rebooting. A caching HTTPS reverse proxy is what's needed, but IT won't let me inside the webcam box, nor will they change the LAN configuration, but they will let me put a small Linux box between the webcam and the switch. And they will also give me the TLS cert the webcam box uses.
So, I'll have 2 ports, an input to connect to the webcam box, and an output to the switch. The output port must have the same MAC and IP addresses as the input, else the traffic will never reach the LAN.
Basically, I'm trying to make an "invisible bandwidth booster".
Google tells me NGINX is the most direct way to implement a caching HTTPS reverse proxy. Unfortunately, I'm an NGINX noob.
Here's the problem: I'm looking at NGINX config examples, and they seem to use only URL-based references, where I believe I need to use the named physical interfaces.
What am I missing?
ethernet nginx-reverse-proxy
asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
BobCBobC
13
We have a webcam aimed at our snack counter that lets folks see what's available. It outputs various resolutions over HLS and DASH via HTTPS. Our IT team was extremely concerned about the video from that camera escaping the LAN, so they locked down both the webcam and the LAN (down to the MAC address in the switches).
Unfortunately, the camera has become too popular and it keeps falling over, continuously rebooting. A caching HTTPS reverse proxy is what's needed, but IT won't let me inside the webcam box, nor will they change the LAN configuration, but they will let me put a small Linux box between the webcam and the switch. And they will also give me the TLS cert the webcam box uses.
So, I'll have 2 ports, an input to connect to the webcam box, and an output to the switch. The output port must have the same MAC and IP addresses as the input, else the traffic will never reach the LAN.
Basically, I'm trying to make an "invisible bandwidth booster".
Google tells me NGINX is the most direct way to implement a caching HTTPS reverse proxy. Unfortunately, I'm an NGINX noob.
Here's the problem: I'm looking at NGINX config examples, and they seem to use only URL-based references, where I believe I need to use the named physical interfaces.
What am I missing?
ethernet nginx-reverse-proxy
ethernet nginx-reverse-proxy
asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
BobCBobC
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asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
BobCBobC
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asked Nov 13 '18 at 20:42
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