Apache/Nginx as proxy server?

Installation
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Dear Discourse community. I have a question that I hope you can help me with.

I would like to install Discourse on a dedicated Ubuntu virtual machine (Oracle VirtualBox). example: 192.168.6.15.

I already have Apache2 and Nginx servers running on the same local network.

Could I just use a proxy like:

(apache sample)

<VirtualHost x.x.x.x:443>
ServerName forum.example.org
RewriteEngine On

SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/forum.example.org/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/forum.example.org/privkey.pem
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf

ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://192.168.6.15:4578/
ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.6.15:4578/

</VirtualHost>

Would that work?
Is it good practice?
I guess let’s encrypt on a proxy server that will handle SSL?

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Yes

Most of the time, no.

We already ship nginx inside the container, and we keep it configured and up to date with support for things brotli, http/2, non-buffering proxy, correct handling of client IPs, etc.

If you add a new proxy in the middle, then you are responsible for not breaking each of of those features.

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  • Is this a production install for use, or a development install?
  • Will it be a local VM?
  • Will you be able to give it a name in DNS?
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Thank you all for your reply.

I followed the steps in this guide and installed it.

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