When running an NGINX reverse proxy in front of Discourse you cannot log into the site. After submitting your credentials you are taken back to the index page and do not have a session. No errors are displayed and it seems from the logs that the login was successfull. Creating scope :open. Overwrit…

You forgot to add a header: proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https; will fix this issue.

I’ve added that directive but still getting the same issue. Conf looks like this now: server { listen 80; server_tokens off; server_name forum.test.financefeast.io; location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ { …

Did you ever manage to solve this I am getting this problem too.

Looks like you have solved your problem in the new topic you created: [afbeelding] Users Can’t Log In After Nginx Setup Self-hosting Added these - it now works. proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Scheme https; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_hea…

Discours met NginX reverse proxy - Kan niet inloggen

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Moin 23 januari 2026 om 18:37 5

Looks like you have solved your problem in the new topic you created:

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Login (SSO enabled) is not working when Nginx is configured in front Discourse Self-hosting	0	661	15 december 2020
Setup Nginx as a reverse proxy for discourse forum without dockers &any containers Development	1	659	17 augustus 2022
Cannot get Discourse to install behind Nginx-proxy-manager Self-hosting	2	2011	12 maart 2020
Authentication not working after a recent update Support	2	1931	26 oktober 2016
Discourse + Nginx reverse Proxy Self-hosting	3	8290	6 maart 2018

Discours met NginX reverse proxy - Kan niet inloggen

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