nginx config to proxy connections to kibana on aws

kibana_nginx.conf

worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http{
  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    # redirect /
    location = / {
      rewrite ^ /_plugin/kibana/ redirect;
    }

    # redirect /dashboard
    location = /dashboard {
      rewrite ^ /_plugin/kibana/#/dashboard/My-Dashboard?_g=(refreshInterval:(display:'1%20minute',section:2,value:60000),time:(from:now-7d,mode:quick,to:now)) redirect;
    }

    location / {
      proxy_pass            https://<my-search-domain>.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com;
      proxy_pass_request_headers off;
      auth_basic            "Restricted";
      auth_basic_user_file  htpasswd;
    }
  }
}

proxy_pass_request_headers off; ==> thanks! 🍺

If the reason for turning off proxy_pass_request_headers is because of basic auth, I think it's easier to just remove the Authorization header. Newer versions of Kibana need a kbn-version header to work and removing headers breaks that.

    proxy_set_header    Authorization "";
    proxy_hide_header Authorization;

applying @ibrahima feedback, this works for me:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    server_name localhost;

    location = / {
      rewrite ^ /_plugin/kibana/ redirect;
    }

    location / {
      proxy_pass            https://<my-search-domain>.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com;
      proxy_set_header    Authorization "";
      proxy_hide_header  Authorization;
    }
  }