Where to compress text files and filter access

2022-12-28 Thread Mik J via nginx
Hello, What is the best practice for these two situations: 1. Compress text files, should I make the compression on the reverse proxy or on the backend server ? 2. Deny access to specific files for example, files starting with a dot .file, should I write the rule on the reverse proxy or on the ba

website/admin behind my reverse proxy doesn't work

2022-12-28 Thread Mik J via nginx
Hello, I have a website hosted on a server using nginx behind a nginx reverse proxy but things don't work properly. https://mywebsite.org => workshttps://mywebsite.org/admin => doestn't work it redirects to https://mywebsite.org On my backend serverserver {     listen 80;     server_name