Configure the TCAdmin website to run with Nginx

Install Nginx

The following instructions are provided for your convenience. We do not provide support for installing Nginx on your server. For detailed instructions read your distro's manual.

CentOS

yum install epel-release
yum install nginx

Debian/Ubuntu

apt-get install nginx

Configure Nginx to work with Mono's fastcgi server

Add the following lines to /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params (your distro's Nginx installation folder may vary)

fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO          "";
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

Configure the control panel website

Create the file /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf with the following content. If it already exists rename the existing file to default.conf.old.

server  {
        listen   8880;
        #access_log   /home/tcadmin/Logs/nginx.log;

        location / {
                index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx;
                fastcgi_index Default.aspx;
                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.as[pmh]x)(.*)$;
                fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        }
}

After creating the file reload the nginx settings:

service nginx reload

Configure the website to allow secure connections

Create a self signed certificate

Execute the following commands. When it asks for a passphrase enter a word that you can remember.

cd /home/tcadmin/Monitor
openssl genrsa -des3 -out nginx.key 2048

Execute this command. Enter the passphrase that you used in the first step. You can leave all other values blank.

openssl req -new -key nginx.key -out nginx.csr

Execute this command. Enter the passphrase that you used in the first step.

mv nginx.key nginx.key.org
openssl rsa -in nginx.key.org -out nginx.key

Execute this command to create the certificate file.

openssl x509 -req -days 7300 -in nginx.csr -signkey nginx.key -out nginx.crt

Add this to /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.

server {
        listen   8881;
        #access_log   /home/tcadmin/Logs/nginx.log;

        ssl on;
        ssl_certificate /home/tcadmin/Monitor/nginx.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /home/tcadmin/Monitor/nginx.key;

        location / {
                index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx;
                fastcgi_index Default.aspx;
                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.as[pmh]x)(.*)$;
                fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        }
}

After updating the file reload the nginx settings:

service nginx reload