# Public IPFS Node behind NGINX Reverse Proxy – Aviv Nahum – Medium

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**Created:** [February 24, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/public-ipfs-node-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy-aviv-nahum-medium/2158 "2018-02-24T13:44:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/public-ipfs-node-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy-aviv-nahum-medium/2158/1 "2018-02-24T13:44:21Z")

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A guide on medium on opening up a public node of IPFS on top of HTTPS using nginx reverse proxy 🙂

> **[Public IPFS Node behind NGINX Reverse Proxy & How-to communicate with it](https://medium.com/hackernoon/public-ipfs-node-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy-5682747f174b)**
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> Expirimenting with Ethereum and IPFS, in the process of setting https://cryptoblox.co up, I wanted to open a public node of IPFS in order…