Simple nginx configuration for proxying HTTPS traffic to a local port

default.conf

server {
  listen 443;
  server_name localhost;

  root html;
  index index.html index.htm;

  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate server.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key server.key;

  ssl_session_timeout 5m;

  ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
  ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

  location ~ ^/(?<fwdport>\d+)/(?<fwdpath>.*)$ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:$fwdport/$fwdpath;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";	 
  }
}

example_usage.sh

# the following request would be directed to http://localhost:8000/index.html
curl https://localhost/8000/index.html