[chef] how to setup chef-server 11 with cookbook (DNS problem, nginx proxy)?

[Vladimir Skubriev < >]

After install server in local network, I has this config 

  server {

    listen 80;

    server_name chef.example.lab;

    access_log /var/log/chef-server/nginx/rewrite-port-80.log;

    rewrite ^(.*) https://$server_name:443$1 permanent;

  }

As you can see there is a rewrite rule.

This server installed on machine in local network (out local domain example.lab)

I want to setup our gateway nginx proxy frontend with backend to this internal chef server. 

I already setuped ssl certificates and nginx fronend with servername chef.example.com, our internet domain.

I want to proxy chef.example.com to chef.example.lab, but when I open in browser url

http://chef.example.com, it's redirected me to http://chef.example.lab

Why this occurs?

So I want that my intranet clients and internet clients connect to chef server with "independent" internet url: chef.example.com

For intranet clients I've setup fake dns zone with one name chef.example.com and chef server internal ip address.

I already runs several sites so.

But by default chef-server setup rewrite. 

Why it's setup rewrite rule by default ?

Are this a true use case ?

Thank you very much.

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Faithfully yours,

CVision Lab System Administrator

Vladmir Skubriev