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Nginx-proxy-setup

Configure Nginx proxy and HTTPS. The operating system here is Ubuntu 18.04.

1. Download Nginx and remove Apache2

sudo apt-get install nginx
sudo apt-get remove apache2

1. Create configure file

cd /etc/nginx/conf.d
vim default.conf

1. Fill the file with the context shown below, part of the setting show be changed. Then you can enjoy your web with HTTPS forced and proxy.

# This part is for proxy and HTTPS configure
server {
    listen 443;
    server_name trilium.example.net; #change trilium.example.net to your domain without HTTPS or HTTP.
    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/note/example.crt; #change /etc/ssl/note/example.crt to your path of crt file.
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/note/example.net.key; #change /etc/ssl/note/example.net.key to your path of key file.
    ssl on;
    ssl_session_cache builtin:1000 shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!CAMELLIA:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; #check the path of access.log, if it doesn't fit your file, change it
    
    location / {
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080; # change it to a different port if non-default is used
        proxy_read_timeout 90;
        proxy_redirect http://127.0.0.1:8080 https://trilium.example.net; # change them based on your IP, port and domain
    }
}
# This part is for HTTPS forced
server {
            listen 80;
            server_name trilium.example.net; # change to your domain
            return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}