"proxy_pass" directive is not allowed

I wanted to make a proxy host for calibre-web docker - https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-calibre-web Based on their documentation for NGINX there I added code to the proxy host config file (of course I replaced my IP)

        location /calibre-web {
                proxy_pass              http://<your-ip>:8083;
                proxy_set_header        Host            $http_host;
                proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_set_header        X-Scheme        $scheme;
                proxy_set_header        X-Script-Name   /calibre-web;
        }

After that, I am not able to run the NGINX app correctly. I found the error message in the log.

nginx: [emerg] “proxy_pass” directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy.conf:7

How can I fix it? Thank you

NGINX docker is updated to the latest version today.

[vawaver]

Thank you for your help. Finally, I have found a working solution for myself.

1. Set Cloudflare to “DNS Only” for my subdomain (losing Cloudflare protection)
2. Get a new certificate for my subdomain in NGINX proxy
3. Put the code to Advanced -> Custom config configuration

proxy_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_buffers 4 256k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 256k;

Now it seems to work fine without pushing me to the login screen. Maybe it will help the others.

[chaptergy]

Unfortunately I have no other ideas. But I found this issue which is exactly your problem: https://github.com/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/issues/854. Not sure what to make of it, it seems that it might be an issue with the authentication mechanism of calibre web? I also found this page, maybe this will help you? But I don’t think I can provide any further help, sorry.