Need help with proxying cockpit

Checklist

• Have you pulled and found the error with jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest docker image?
• Are you sure you’re not using someone else’s docker image?
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Describe the bug

• A clear and concise description of what the bug is. This is not a bug but request for guidance with proxying cockpit. I’m able to proxy many services but not cockpit.

I tried to follow this guide here without success: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Proxying-Cockpit-over-NGINX

The result is either SSL or login loop or upon login, an error from cockpit

What exactly do I need to do when I use cockpit with nginx-proxy-manager.

• What version of Nginx Proxy Manager is reported on the login page?

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Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

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Operating System

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[jc21]

Cockpit works easily for me. Just make sure that the protocol is https. Here’s my config:

I also have NPM generate a certificate for this host.

[techpet]

Nothing to do with nginx proxy manager in my case, it was a cockpit configuration issue. You need to set site_url parameter in cockpit config file.