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(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask) Ask Question     (2013-12-14 14:56:32Z) Asked 11 years, 4 months ago  Modified (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20584749/how-do-i-forward-tcp-port-80-to-web-server-using-nginx?lastactivity) (2013-12-14 17:10:52Z) 11 years, 4 months ago  (Viewed 2,067 times) Viewed 2k times       This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear 0  (This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful)         Save this question. (https://stackoverflow.com/posts/20584749/timeline)    Show activity on this post.   I am following (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/11/how-to-set-up-a-safe-and-secure-web-server/3/) this tutorial and I made the server work in the local network. Now I want to open to the internet. The tutorial does not go into details, except saying that "you need to forward TCP port 80 to your Web server". I did some research to understand what this means, but could not find a good step by step instructions. Can you direct me to any material that I can read to set up the server for the internet? EDIT  As instructed (http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/223583) here I connected to the router with 192.168.1.1 and opened the Port Forwarding/Port Triggering tab and I entered the following information: Service Name HTTP Start Port: 80 End Port: 80 Server IP Address: ServerIPAddress  Is this correct?  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This can be done with proxies, firewalls. Are we talking about a home network or a corporate network ? – (https://stackoverflow.com/users/2196728/user2196728) (3,057 reputation) user2196728  Commented (2013-12-14 15:02:05Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Dec 14, 2013 at 15:02   (this comment was edited 2 times)          @user2196728 this is a home network – (https://stackoverflow.com/users/215094/zeynel) (13,545 reputation) Zeynel  Commented (2013-12-14 15:09:35Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Dec 14, 2013 at 15:09      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   So you certainly have a box which provides you Internet access. Login to your box and search for a feature like routing/port-forwarding config. Sorry, as i am french i cannot be more precise because i don't know which boxes types are available elsewhere in the world. But let's try : what is your box or how do you access to Internet ? – (https://stackoverflow.com/users/2196728/user2196728) (3,057 reputation) user2196728  Commented (2013-12-14 15:15:30Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Dec 14, 2013 at 15:15   (this comment was edited 2 times)          @user2196728 Thanks. I have cable for internet access. Is this what you mean? I am not sure how I log to the "box". Where is the box? – (https://stackoverflow.com/users/215094/zeynel) (13,545 reputation) Zeynel  Commented (2013-12-14 15:38:55Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Dec 14, 2013 at 15:38      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   It depends, do you have a home Wifi where your phone was connected to or were you connected to an operator network (3G) ? Send me (private if you prefer) your url, i will test it – (https://stackoverflow.com/users/2196728/user2196728) (3,057 reputation) user2196728  Commented (2013-12-14 18:59:43Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Dec 14, 2013 at 18:59   (this comment was edited 2 times)          (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.)  |  (Expand to show all comments on this post) Show 4 more comments       1 Answer 1   Sorted by:  (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20584749/how-do-i-forward-tcp-port-80-to-web-server-using-nginx?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) Reset to default   (scoredesc) Highest score (default)  (trending) Trending (recent votes count more)  (modifieddesc) Date modified (newest first)  (createdasc) Date created (oldest first)            This answer is useful 1  (This answer is not useful)         Save this answer. (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (https://stackoverflow.com/posts/20585960/timeline)    Show activity on this post.   That means that you have to forward http request coming to your public_ip:80 to your private_ip:80. This is usually done with proxies or firewalls. As we are talking about home network here, i think you have a home box/router that provides you internet access. So you have to login to your box/router and searh for a feature like routing/port-forwarding configuration settings.
Then configure it to forward port 80 to your web server private ip on port 80.   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