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title: "running etherpad-lite on nginx"
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published_date: "2011-09-27 21:24:00 +0200"
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As you should already know if you read this blog, I am using [nginx][] as my main http server as well as a reverse proxy for my apps running on node.js or simple ruby.
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I'm also running an [etherpad-lite][etherpad] server on [pad.fnordig.de](https://pad.fnordig.de/).
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Today [@dasjan][] asked me how I configured my server for this setup:
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> @badboy_ Sehe gerade du hast dein etherpad-lite hinter nginx.
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> Hast du etwas spezielles konfiguriert?
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> ([tweet](https://twitter.com/dasjan/status/118688611980943360))
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> _translated_: @badboy_ I saw that you run your etherpad-lite behind a nginx.
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> Did you configure anything special?
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and
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> @badboy_ Bekomme hier nach ein paar Stunden immer Connection Probleme wenn etherpad-lite hinter nginx läuft/
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> _translated_: @badboy_ I always get connection problems after some hours when running behind nginx
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> ([tweet](https://twitter.com/dasjan/status/118689122452897793))
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Even though I did nothing special I post my config here, so maybe this will help.
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I currently use nginx [v1.0.6](http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.0.6.tar.gz)
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and
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etherpad-lite at [7e4bba0e](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/7e4bba0e31d600a5d1d3833211252b1472f07f2c) with the default config (and node.js v0.4.8)
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etherpad runs as an own user named `etherpad` and is monitored by monit.
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The monitoring is as simple as that, `/etc/monit/apps/etherpad.monit`:
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check process etherpad
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with pidfile /var/run/etherpad-lite.pid
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start program = "/home/etherpad/etherpad-lite/daemon.sh start"
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stop program = "/home/etherpad/etherpad-lite/daemon.sh stop"
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if totalmem is greater than 300 MB for 10 cycles then restart # eating up memory?
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{:lang="text"}
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And the nginx is nothing fancy at all, `/usr/local/nginx/conf/vhosts/pad.fnordig.de.conf`:
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server {
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listen 80;
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listen [::]:80;
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listen 443 ssl;
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ssl_certificate /var/certs/star_fnordig_signed.pem;
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ssl_certificate_key /var/certs/star_fnordig_signed.pem;
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server_name pad.fnordig.de;
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access_log /home/etherpad/etherpad-lite-log/eplite.access.log;
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error_log /home/etherpad/etherpad-lite-log/eplite.error.log;
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location / {
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proxy_pass http://localhost:9001/;
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proxy_set_header Host $host;
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proxy_buffering off;
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}
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}
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{:lang="text"}
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My etherpad is currently running for about 22 days without any problems. I don't really use it myself and have no current statistics on outside usage of [pad.fnordig.de](https://pad.fnordig.de/).
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Now that [@dasjan][] has mentioned problems on his side I will optimize my monitoring and see if it really runs as smooth as I think.
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[nginx]: http://nginx.org/en/
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[etherpad]: https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite
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[@dasjan]: https://twitter.com/dasjan
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