There is a nefarious error on nginx that in rare cases can throw an ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR for the users of Chrome. TLDR: Check your nginx add_headers directives for invalid characters within any HTTP2 server configurations. I call this out as attempting to troubleshoot it online can lead you down a rabbit hole of old and misinformation.… Continue reading Fix ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR nginx error on Chrome
Category: nginx
Nginx is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
Blank browser tabs with HTTP2
Turns out when using HTTP2 in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge you should not have any newline characters in your HTTP response headers.
Nginx as a reverse-proxy to Apache Tomcat
Why a proxy? Apache's Tomcat is a complex beast whose primary role is to render JavaServer Pages. While it can be configured to use and serve the modern web it's often an unnecessarily complex procedure. By using a dedicated reverse-proxy server such as nginx it allows you to separate web applications from the task of web serving. Use a solo instance of… Continue reading Nginx as a reverse-proxy to Apache Tomcat
