Server:Configuration:RP

NGINX Reverse Proxy Configuration

We would recommend using MediaButler with a reverse proxy configured to use https to secure all transmissions from the server. This practice generally requires a domain name and a certificate. Both of which you can get for free. Freenom for free domain names and Letsencrypt for your certificates. We won't be getting into specifically how to do these methods here other than those links make it completely free and these are 2 examples of how to implement the reverse proxy.

• Please Note: Once you have completed this task to get clients to use this url, you must then update the URL environment variable on the Server eg. URL="https://example.com/mediabutler/" or URL="https://mediabutler.example.com/"

SubFolder Method

This location block would be placed inside your server {} block in your site configuration

location /mediabutler/ {
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_pass http://192.168.1.101:9876/;
    add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol $scheme;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_intercept_errors off;
}

SubDomain Method

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;

    server_name mediabutler.*;

    include /config/nginx/ssl.conf;

    client_max_body_size 0;

    location / {
	    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
	    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
	    proxy_http_version 1.1;
	    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
	    proxy_set_header Host $host;
	    proxy_pass http://192.168.1.101:9876/;
	    add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
	    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
	    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $remote_addr;
	    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol $scheme;
	    proxy_redirect off;
	    proxy_intercept_errors off;
    }
}