Hi everyone, I’m setting up Discourse multisite using discourse_docker, but I’m facing issues with Nginx inside the container. I’ve followed the official documentation, but I can’t get all sites to work correctly. Findings So Far: The Nginx inside the Discourse Docker image is only serving the default site – additional sites don’t load. I, [2025-03-19T03:38:06.444387 #1] INFO -- : Replacing (?-mix:server.+{) with server { listen 80; return 301 https://$$ENV_DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME$request_uri; } When I disable Let’s Encrypt and enable Cloudflare proxy, all sites become inaccessible. I’ve checked the app.yml multisite configuration and rebuilt the container, but the issue persists. Here is the current config templates: - "templates/postgres.template.yml" - "templates/redis.template.yml" - "templates/web.template.yml" - "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml" - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml" expose: - "80:80" - "443:443" params: db_default_text_search_config: "pg_catalog.english" db_shared_buffers: "256MB" env: LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8 LANG: en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8 UNICORN_WORKERS: 4 DISCOURSE_MAX_ADMIN_API_REQS_PER_KEY_PER_MINUTE: 5000 DISCOURSE_MAX_REQS_PER_IP_PER_MINUTE: 5000 DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: forum.getnursingjobs.com DISCOURSE_DB_USERNAME: discourse DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" DISCOURSE_DB_HOST: DB IP DISCOURSE_DB_NAME: DOCKER_USE_HOSTNAME: true DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS: DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL: DISCOURSE_REPLY_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS: DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_ACCOUNT_ID: DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" DISCOURSE_EMAIL_SITE_TITLE: 'GetNursingJobs.com' volumes: - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone guest: /shared - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log guest: /var/log hooks: after_postgres: - exec: sudo -u postgres createdb b_discourse || exit 0 - exec: stdin: | grant all privileges on database b_discourse to discourse; cmd: sudo -u postgres psql b_discourse raise_on_fail: false - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql b_discourse <<< "alter schema public owner to discourse;"' - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql b_discourse <<< "create extension if not exists hstore;"' - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql b_discourse <<< "create extension if not exists pg_trgm;"' after_code: - exec: cd: $home/plugins cmd: - mkdir -p plugins - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-adplugin.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-google-one-tap.git before_bundle_exec: - file: path: $home/config/multisite.yml contents: | welding: adapter: postgresql database: discourse_welding username: discourse password: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" host: DB IP pool: 25 timeout: 5000 db_id: 2 host_names: - forum.getweldingjobs.com medical: adapter: postgresql database: discourse_medical username: discourse password: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" host: DB IP pool: 25 timeout: 5000 db_id: 3 host_names: - forum.medicaltranscriptionjobs.com dataentry: adapter: postgresql database: discourse_dataentry username: discourse password: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" host: DB IP pool: 25 timeout: 5000 db_id: 4 host_names: - forum.dataentryjobs.com chef: adapter: postgresql database: discourse_chef username: discourse password: "REPLACE_WITH_ENV_VAR" host: DB IP pool: 25 timeout: 5000 db_id: 5 host_names: - forum.getchefjobs.com after_bundle_exec: - exec: cd /var/www/discourse && sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake multisite:migrate What I Need Help With: How can I configure the internal Nginx inside the container to serve all multisite domains? Are there specific app.yml settings I need to adjust for this setup?

Discourse Multisite – Nginx (Inside Docker) Only Serving Default Site

pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) March 19, 2025, 10:24pm 3

I believe the problems were having the orange cloud and using the wrong host names.

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