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WhoRoger
lemmy.world

Don't all modern browsers try https by default?

(Not that I disagree.)

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animistreply
lemmy.one

Every time I set up FF on a new install I have to choose always on https

2
Ruud
lemmy.world

Hmm , when I replace this:

http {
  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name lemmy.world;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://lemmy-ui:1234;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
    }
}

with this:

http {
  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name lemmy.world;

    location / {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
}

it breaks, gives 502 when visiting the site...

ideas? (I'm not that much into nginx...)

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𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏reply
lemmy.one

You could try this

this config snippet is assuming thet you've already got the TLS cert/pem file for lemmy.world elsewhere in your nginx.config

http {
  server {
    listen 80;
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name lemmy.world;

    if ($scheme = "http") {
        return 307 https://$host$request_uri;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://lemmy-ui:1234;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
    }
}

If you get redirected to lemmy.world:1234, then add absolute_redirect off; in the 'server' block

Last thing - 307 is a temporary redirect, you might to change it to a permanent one once you've confirmed it's working as intended

3
Tomreply
lemmy.world

Can we get an error log? If no, are you seeing any timeouts in there?

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Slashzeroreply
lemmy.world

You might want to add the secure port (:443) in your redirect. Otherwise it might be trying to load https on port 80 still, which can’t work.

  • http: port 80
  • https: port 443

Notes:

  • just a guess. I haven’t looked at an nginx config in a while
  • make sure to try on multiple browsers as they all don’t behave the same way
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Ruudreply
lemmy.world

This piece I've pasted above isn't the whole nginx.conf, there's also a large block for the 443 traffic. It's just the http traffic that I need to redirect to 443.

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Slashzeroreply
lemmy.world

Ok. Now that I think about it, you shouldn’t have to specify the port.

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CannaVet
lemmy.world

I've been on the secure version by default so far myself.

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Ruudreply
lemmy.world

Yes most browsers automatically do, but some don't..

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CannaVetreply
lemmy.world

Oooh I thought it was a backend thing, cause my NGINX has a force SSL option. I guess it can be done from either end.

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