nginx as dynamic reverse proxy?

Question

I'd like to configure nginx in such a way that:

A request for http://nginx-proxy-server.com/location1/filename.bin is proxied to http://location1.my-application-server.com/filename.bin

How can I accomplish that?

Answer 1

location ~ ^/(.+)/(.*)$ {
    resolver 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8;
    proxy_pass http://$1.my-application-server.com/$2$is_args$args;
}