Kubernetes Ingress needs Reverse Proxy setting - kubernetes

Question

In my Kubernetes Cluster i have some challenges with the Ingress. As example i installed NodeRed und the Nginx-ingress via Helm. NodeRed is available via
FQDN: http://my.server.name:31827
IP: http://10.x.x.x:31827
Now i created an Ingress:
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: nr-ingress
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
spec:
tls:
- secretName: tls-secret1
hosts:
- my.server.name
rules:
- host: my.server.name
http:
paths:
- path: /nr
backend:
serviceName: my-nodered-node-red
servicePort: 1880
When i do a Get http://my.server.name/nr i see only parts working, see the screenshot:
It looks to me, that i missed the reverse proxy settings. Normally i would place those things in a reverse proxy setting in the nginx like this. But this is not possible because i am using the Nginx-ingress.
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:1880/;
}
But i do not know how to do that in Kubernetes ? What do i miss ? kubernetes version is 1.14.1.

Answer 1

I haven't used it so I'm not sure if it helps, but you might want to try adding an annotation for Proxy redirect.
With the annotations nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-from and nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-to it is possible to set the text that should be changed in the Location and Refresh header fields of a proxied server response
Setting "off" or "default" in the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-from disables nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-to, otherwise, both annotations must be used in unison. Note that each annotation must be a string without spaces.
By default the value of each annotation is "off".
Also you can use ConfigMap for customizing your Nginx configuration.
kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: nginx-configuration
namespace: ingress-nginx
labels:
app: ingress-nginx
data:
http-snippet: |
location = / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:1880/;
}
Or server-snippets annotation for your Ingress:
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: nr-ingress
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet: |
location = / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:1880/;
}
spec:
tls:
- secretName: tls-secret1
hosts:
- my.server.name
rules:
- host: my.server.name
http:
paths:
- path: /nr
backend:
serviceName: my-nodered-node-red
servicePort: 1880
I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Maybe too late for the answer, but I had the same problem and solve it:
1-changed httpRoot: '/nr' in node red settings.xml configuration file (in kubernetes, probably defined in a PV) (#vasili-angapov mentions)
2- set ingress:
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: nodered-ingress
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
spec:
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /nr
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: nodered
port:
number: 1880

Answer 3

It looks like your static content is still using root path prefix, you can verify that using browser developer console. Common applications should have a configuration to understand that they are running on non-root path prefix. You should find that configuration option in your application and configure it properly. Nginx ingress has nothing to do with this error.