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I would like to use nginx as a reverse proxy in front of a Joomla site running on Apache. I would like nginx to handle the SSL connections and relay decrypted traffic through localhost to Apache.
Does Joomla have specific support for this type of configuration, such that I can still have it control which pages should be served over SSL vs. unencrypted connections, or would I have to simply enable SSL across the board for this to work?
I'm pulling from non-Joomla SSL proxy experience here. However, I believe it will work.
Configure nginx to send an X-FORWARDED-PROTO header with a value of "https"
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
Configure Apache to set the HTTPS environment variable to "on":
SetEnvIfNoCase X-Forwarded-Proto https HTTPS=on
Once you have those configured, Joomla should be able to figure out what's going on and adjust URLs accordingly.
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;