# X-Forwarded-For proxy tag not recognized by Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-forwarded-for-proxy-tag-not-recognized-by-discourse/77961>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 13, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-forwarded-for-proxy-tag-not-recognized-by-discourse/77961 "2018-01-13T22:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-forwarded-for-proxy-tag-not-recognized-by-discourse/77961/7 "2018-01-19T01:11:31Z")

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Why would you do the redirect there? Do it at the outer layer, where you’re terminating HTTPS.

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