After switching to Nginx, users can no longer sign in or sign up.Both admins and regular users are unable to log in, and attempting to create a new account gives the message: “We can’t detect if your account has been created, please ensure you have cookies enabled”This only started happening after I…

Added these - it now works. proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Scheme https; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443; [image]

Users Can’t Log In After Nginx Setup

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Users Can’t Log In After Nginx Setup

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