# Installing Discourse Behind Reverse Proxy using recommended (supported) installation

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**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-behind-reverse-proxy-using-recommended-supported-installation/300191 "2024-03-20T14:58:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-behind-reverse-proxy-using-recommended-supported-installation/300191/5 "2025-02-10T13:31:01Z")

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Anyone know how I can resolve this issue? The site works, but I notice these errors in the container nginx error.log. I have been using a reverse proxy set up according to these instructions above.

Lookin at /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf in the container, I see

```plaintext
upstream discourse { server 127.0.0.1:3000; }

Should that be somethig like?:  

upstream discourse { http://unix:/var/discourse/shared/standalone/nginx.http.sock; }

```

Looking in /var/log/nginx in the container, I see errors like:

```plaintext
2025/02/09 21:00:21 [error] 69#69: *1 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: xx.xx.xxx.xxx, server: _, request: "POST /message-bus/b39980c2387e4750bc1e320cb6195424/poll?dlp=t HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:3000/message-bus/b39980c2387e4750bc1e320cb6195424/poll?dlp=t", host: "discourse.xxxx.com"

2025/02/09 21:00:23 [error] 67#67: *3 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: xx.xx.xx.xxx, server: _, request: "GET /chat/api/me/channels HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:3000/chat/api/me/channels", host: "discourse.xxxx.com"

2025/02/09 21:00:23 [error] 70#70: *5 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: xx.xx.xx.xxx, server: _, request: "POST /message-bus/d95b6999d26242f28f4875732b195440/poll HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:3000/message-bus/d95b6999d26242f28f4875732b195440/poll", host: "discourse.xxxx.com"

```

Thank you!

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