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+# Nginx reverse-proxy fronting playbook's Traefik
+
+This directory contains a sample config that show you how to do reverse-proxying using Nginx and the playbook's internal traefik container.
+
+This is for when you wish to front the playbook's integrated traefik container with a self-managed Nginx reverse-proxy running on the same server.
+See the [Using your own webserver, instead of this playbook's nginx proxy & Fronting the integrated reverse-proxy webserver with another reverse-proxy](../../docs/configuring-playbook-own-webserver.md#fronting-the-integrated-reverse-proxy-webserver-with-another-reverse-proxy) documentation page and follow the instructions for the playbook's configuration (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`).
+
+That is this part:
+**For Traefik** fronted by another reverse-proxy, you would need some configuration like this:
+
+```yaml
+matrix_playbook_reverse_proxy_type: playbook-managed-traefik
+
+# Ensure that public urls use https
+matrix_playbook_ssl_enabled: true
+
+# Disable the web-secure (port 443) endpoint, which also disables SSL certificate retrieval
+devture_traefik_config_entrypoint_web_secure_enabled: false
+
+devture_traefik_container_web_host_bind_port: '127.0.0.1:81'
+
+devture_traefik_additional_entrypoints_auto:
+  - name: matrix-federation
+    port: 8449
+    host_bind_port: '127.0.0.1:8449'
+    config: {}
+```
+
+**NOTE**: 
+- that this also disables SSL certificate retrieval, which then has to be done manually (e.g. by using certbot and setting the appropriate path as found in [the example nginx configuration file](./matrix.conf)). For the example nginx config one certificate is used that contains all the used subdomains.
+- that [the example nginx configuration file](./matrix.conf) has to be adapted to whatever services you are using. For example, remove element.domain.com from the `server_name` list if you don't use Element web client or add dimension.domain.com to it if you do use Dimension.
+- that this is just an example and may not be entirely accurate. It may also not cover other use cases (enabling various services or bridges requires additional reverse-proxying configuration).
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+server {
+    listen 443 ssl http2;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+
+    # TODO: add/remove services and their subdomains if you use/don't use them
+    # this example is using hosting something on the base domain and an element web client, so example.com and element.example.com are listed in addition to matrix.example.com
+    # if you don't use those, you can remove them
+    # if you use e.g. dimension on dimension.example.com, add dimension.example.com to the server_name list
+    server_name example.com matrix.example.com element.example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        # note: do not add a path (even a single /) after the port in `proxy_pass`,
+        # otherwise, nginx will canonicalise the URI and cause signature verification
+        # errors.
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:81;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+
+        access_log /var/log/nginx/matrix.access.log;
+        error_log /var/log/nginx/matrix.error.log;
+
+        # Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
+        # Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+    }
+
+    # TODO: adapt the path to your ssl certificate for the domains listed on server_name
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    # TODO: adapt the path to your ssl certificate for the domains listed on server_name
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
+    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
+}
+
+# settings for matrix federation
+server {
+    # For the federation port
+    listen 8448 ssl http2 default_server;
+    listen [::]:8448 ssl http2 default_server;
+
+    server_name matrix.example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:8449;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+
+        access_log /var/log/nginx/matrix.access.log;
+        error_log /var/log/nginx/matrix.error.log;
+
+        # Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
+        # Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+    }
+    # TODO: adapt the path to your ssl certificate for the domains listed on server_name
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    # TODO: adapt the path to your ssl certificate for the domains listed on server_name
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
+    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
+}
+
+# ensure using https
+# TODO: remove server blocks that you don't use / add server blocks for domains you do use
+server {
+    if ($host = example.com) {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    } # managed by Certbot
+
+    server_name example.com;
+    listen 80;
+    return 404; # managed by Certbot
+}
+
+server {
+    if ($host = matrix.example.com) {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    } # managed by Certbot
+
+    server_name matrix.example.com;
+    listen 80;
+    return 404; # managed by Certbot
+}
+
+server {
+    if ($host = element.example.com) {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    } # managed by Certbot
+
+    server_name element.example.com;
+    listen 80;
+    return 404; # managed by Certbot
+}
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