authentik/website/docs/providers/proxy/_nginx_standalone.md

```
server {
    # SSL and VHost configuration
    listen                  443 ssl http2;
    server_name             _;

    ssl_certificate         /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key     /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key;

    # Increase buffer size for large headers
    # This is needed only if you get 'upstream sent too big header while reading response
    # header from upstream' error when trying to access an application protected by goauthentik
    proxy_buffers 8 16k;
    proxy_buffer_size 32k;

    location / {
        # Put your proxy_pass to your application here
        # proxy_pass          http://localhost:5000;

        # authentik-specific config
        auth_request        /akprox/auth/nginx;
        error_page          401 = @goauthentik_proxy_signin;
        # For domain level, use the below error_page to redirect to your authentik server with the full redirect path
        # error_page          401 =302 https://authentik.company/akprox/start?rd=$scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
        auth_request_set $auth_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
        add_header Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;

        # translate headers from the outposts back to the actual upstream
        auth_request_set $authentik_username $upstream_http_x_authentik_username;
        auth_request_set $authentik_groups $upstream_http_x_authentik_groups;
        auth_request_set $authentik_email $upstream_http_x_authentik_email;
        auth_request_set $authentik_name $upstream_http_x_authentik_name;
        auth_request_set $authentik_uid $upstream_http_x_authentik_uid;

        proxy_set_header X-authentik-username $authentik_username;
        proxy_set_header X-authentik-groups $authentik_groups;
        proxy_set_header X-authentik-email $authentik_email;
        proxy_set_header X-authentik-name $authentik_name;
        proxy_set_header X-authentik-uid $authentik_uid;
    }

    # all requests to /akprox must be accessible without authentication
    location /akprox {
        proxy_pass          http://outpost.company:9000/akprox;
        # ensure the host of this vserver matches your external URL you've configured
        # in authentik
        proxy_set_header    Host $host;
        proxy_set_header    X-Original-URL $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
        add_header          Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
        auth_request_set    $auth_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
    }

    # Special location for when the /auth endpoint returns a 401,
    # redirect to the /start URL which initiates SSO
    location @goauthentik_proxy_signin {
        internal;
        add_header Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
        return 302 /akprox/start?rd=$request_uri;
    }
}
```