07 Create NGINX proxy.md

If you want to go a set further and want to add a proxy between your trading bot and the internet, then the solution below might be something for you.

Set your freqtrade config.js to the default port 8080

For this setup, it is not necessary to use a obscure port on your server. Therefore just use the default Freqtrade port 8080

    "api_server": {
        "enabled": true,
        "listen_ip_address": "0.0.0.0",
        "listen_port": 8080,
        "verbosity": "error",
        "enable_openapi": false,
        "jwt_secret_key": "<USEARANDOMKEYFORSECURECONNECTION>",
        "CORS_origins": [],
        "username": "<YOURUSERNAME",
        "password": "<AVERYGOODPASSWORD>"
    },

Install nginx

To install nginx, use the following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nginx

Check if nginx is running:

systemctl status nginx

Add the port to the firewall, otherwise you cannot connect to the webserver.

Sudo ufw allow http

Now you can check your browser:

http://172.16.65.131

Configure nginx for a reverse proxy

Go to the directory:
cd /etc/nginx/conf.d

And make a file that contains the redirecting rules:
sudo nano freq_proxy.conf

Enter the content below in the file:

server { 
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;

        # Enter your domain name here or the IP address of the servers ethernet address:
        server_name 192.168.253.128;

        location / {
                proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
        }
}

It might be that a default.conf file exists in the conf.d directory. Rename this file to disable it.

ls

# If default.conf exists:

mv default.conf default.conf.disabled

Test the configuration for errors with:

sudo nginx -t

You should get something like this:

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successfull

Reload the nginx configuration with the following command:

sudo nginx -s reload

Configure the firewall

This step is to configure the firewall to let port 80 pass.

Use the following commands to do this:

sudo ufw status

sudo ufw allow http/tcp

sudo ufw status

For https, use sudo ufw allow https/tcp

Now browse to your bot on the default webserver port from another PC.

http://192.168.253.128