website/docs: expand nginx reverse-proxy setup (#3079)

* website/docs: expand nginx reverse-proxy setup

* website/docs: simplify reverse-proxy config

Combine location blocks and remove documentstion links, they were not doing much.
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title: Reverse-proxy title: Reverse-proxy
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If you want to access authentik behind a reverse-proxy, use a config like this. It is important that Websocket is enabled, so that Outposts can connect. :::info
Since authentik uses WebSockets to communicate with Outposts, it does not support HTTP/1.0 reverse-proxies. The HTTP/1.0 specification does not officially support WebSockets or protocol upgrades, though some clients may allow it.
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If you want to access authentik behind a reverse-proxy, there are a few headers that must be passed upstream:
- `X-Forwarded-Proto`: Tells authentik and Proxy Providers if they are being served over a HTTPS connection.
- `X-Forwarded-For`: Without this, authentik will not know the IP addresses of clients.
- `Host`: Required for various security checks, WebSocket handshake, and Outpost and Proxy Provider communication.
- `Connection: Upgrade` and `Upgrade: WebSocket`: Required to upgrade protocols for requests to the WebSocket endpoints under HTTP/1.1.
The following nginx configuration can be used as a starting point for your own configuration.
``` ```
map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade { # Upstream where your authentik server is hosted.
upstream authentik {
server <hostname of your authentik server>:9443;
# Improve performance by keeping some connections alive.
keepalive 10;
}
# Upgrade WebSocket if requested, otherwise use keepalive
map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade_keepalive {
default upgrade; default upgrade;
'' close; '' '';
} }
server { server {
# Server config # HTTP server config
listen 80; listen 80;
server_name sso.domain.tld; server_name sso.domain.tld;
# 301 to SSL # 301 redirect to HTTPS
location / { location / {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri; return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} }
} }
server { server {
# Server config # HTTPS server config
listen 443 ssl http2; listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name sso.domain.tld; server_name sso.domain.tld;
# SSL Certs # TLS certificates
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/privkey.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/privkey.pem;
# Proxy site # Proxy site
location / { location / {
proxy_pass https://<hostname of your authentik server>:9443; proxy_pass https://authentik;
proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
# This needs to be set inside the location block, very important.
proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade_keepalive;
} }
} }
``` ```