Configure NGINX with Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016 (including RPC / Outlook Anywhere access)
I have seen many threads on the internet with people complaining about RPC and Exchange (getting Outlook Anywhere to work.)
I have also seen several configurations all of which did not work correctly for me.
My configuration should work for 2010, 2013 and 2016:
I have also seen several configurations all of which did not work correctly for me.
My configuration should work for 2010, 2013 and 2016:
server {
listen 192.168.0.1:443 ssl;
server_name owa.myserver.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/key.key;
access_log /var/log/nginx/mydomain.access.log combined;
error_log /var/log/nginx/mydomain.error.log;
client_max_body_size 3G;
proxy_request_buffering off;
ssl_session_timeout 5m;
tcp_nodelay on;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_read_timeout 360;
proxy_pass_header Date;
proxy_pass_header Server;
proxy_pass_header Authorization;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_pass_request_headers on;
more_set_input_headers 'Authorization: $http_authorization';
proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";
more_set_headers -s 401 'WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="fqdnofyourexchangeserver"';
proxy_buffering off;
proxy_set_header Connection "Keep-Alive";
location / {
return 301 https://owa.myserver.com/owa;
}
location ~* ^/owa { proxy_pass https://fqdnofyourexchangeserver; }
location ~* ^/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync { proxy_pass https://fqdnofyourexchangeserver; }
location ~* ^/ecp { proxy_pass https://fqdnofyourexchangeserver; }
location ~* ^/rpc { proxy_pass https://fqdnofyourexchangeserver; }
}
# redirect all http traffic to https
server {
listen 80;
server_name owa.myserver.com;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}