Nginx, how to proxy to a Cloudfront distribution

29 Mar 2022
1 minute read

To prevent some resolve errors, we need to append a resolver directive. The hostname shoul be the name of the cloudfront distribution.

location  /  {
  set $dsomehost dsomehost.cloudfront.net;
  resolver 1.1.1.1 valid=30s;
  proxy_ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
  proxy_ssl_server_name on;
  proxy_pass  https://$dsomehost;
  proxy_set_header Host $dsomehost;
  break;
}

Taken from here.