I made a rest API using golang and Fiber. I have a VPS running Ubuntu. Right now I ssh into that server using vps.mydomain.com. I want to host the API I made on the Ubuntu server and I want to be able to access it using api.otherdomain.com. I do not want to have to specify the port every time I request the API. I have tried using nginx as a reverse proxy in front of the API however for some reason every time I do that, it doesn't work.
My question is, is there a way I can host the API on my server and access it with my domain without specifying the port whilst not using a reverse proxy, or do I have to use Nginx or an alternative for it to work? I know how to run the API on the server and I know how to set up the DNS but I don't know if I am configuring nginx wrong or what but it just doesn't want to work. Let me know, thanks!
Every time I set up Nginx it and made a request to the domain I thought I had set up, nothing happened and I don't know why.
