Reverse Proxy Configuration¶
Nextcloud can be run through a reverse proxy, which can cache static assets such as images, CSS or JS files, move the load of handling HTTPS to a different server or load balance between multiple servers.
Defining Trusted Proxies¶
For security, you must explicitly define the proxy servers that Nextcloud is to
trust. Connections from trusted proxies will be specially treated to get the
real client information, for use in access control and logging. Parameters are
configured in config/config.php
Set the trusted_proxies parameter as an array of IP address to define the servers Nextcloud should trust as proxies. This parameter provides protection against client spoofing, and you should secure those servers as you would your Nextcloud server.
A reverse proxy can define HTTP headers with the original client IP address, and Nextcloud can use those headers to retrieve that IP address. Nextcloud uses the de-facto standard header ‘X-Forwarded-For’ by default, but this can be configured with the forwarded_for_headers parameter. This parameter is an array of PHP lookup strings, for example ‘X-Forwarded-For’ becomes ‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’. Incorrectly setting this parameter may allow clients to spoof their IP address as visible to Nextcloud, even when going through the trusted proxy! The correct value for this parameter is dependent on your proxy software.
Overwrite Parameters¶
The automatic hostname, protocol or webroot detection of Nextcloud can fail in certain reverse proxy situations. This configuration allows the automatic detection to be manually overridden.
If Nextcloud fails to automatically detect the hostname, protocol or webroot
you can use the overwrite parameters inside the config/config.php.
The overwritehost parameter is used to set the hostname of the proxy. You
can also specify a port. The overwriteprotocol parameter is used to set the
protocol of the proxy. You can choose between the two options http and
https. The overwritewebroot parameter is used to set the absolute web
path of the proxy to the Nextcloud folder. When you want to keep the automatic
detection of one of the three parameters you can leave the value empty or don’t
set it. The overwritecondaddr parameter is used to overwrite the values
dependent on the remote address. The value must be a regular expression of
the IP addresses of the proxy. This is useful when you use a reverse SSL proxy
only for https access and you want to use the automatic detection for http
access.
Example¶
Multiple Domains Reverse SSL Proxy¶
If you want to access your Nextcloud installation http://domain.tld/nextcloud
via a multiple domains reverse SSL proxy
https://ssl-proxy.tld/domain.tld/nextcloud with the IP address 10.0.0.1
you can set the following parameters inside the config/config.php.
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
"trusted_proxies" => ['10.0.0.1'],
"overwritehost" => "ssl-proxy.tld",
"overwriteprotocol" => "https",
"overwritewebroot" => "/domain.tld/nextcloud",
"overwritecondaddr" => "^10\.0\.0\.1$",
);
Note
If you want to use the SSL proxy during installation you have to
create the config/config.php otherwise you have to extend the existing
$CONFIG array.
