# Setting up plex behind NGINX Reverse Proxy

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**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-docker\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-plex-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy/674321 "2021-01-04T16:47:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmmrly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@jmmrly](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jmmrly)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-plex-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy/674321/1 "2021-01-04T16:47:36Z")

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I’m trying to set up plex behind my NGINX reverse proxy to improve performance and avoid using plex servers as much as poss. I have the following config;

> server {  
> listen 443 ssl;  
> listen [::]:443 ssl;
> 
> ```
> server_name plex.*;
> 
> include /config/nginx/ssl.conf;
> 
> client_max_body_size 0;
> proxy_redirect off;
> proxy_buffering off;
> 
> location / {
> include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
> resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=30s;
> set $upstream_app plex;
> set $upstream_port 32400;
> set $upstream_proto http;
> proxy_pass $upstream_proto://$upstream_app:$upstream_port;
> 
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Client-Identifier $http_x_plex_client_identifier;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device $http_x_plex_device;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device-Name $http_x_plex_device_name;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Platform $http_x_plex_platform;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Platform-Version $http_x_plex_platform_version;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Product $http_x_plex_product;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Token $http_x_plex_token;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Version $http_x_plex_version;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Nocache $http_x_plex_nocache;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Provides $http_x_plex_provides;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device-Vendor $http_x_plex_device_vendor;
> proxy_set_header X-Plex-Model $http_x_plex_model;
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> }

And i’ve added my url into the plex settings ‘[https://plex.server.co.uk:443](https://plex.server.co.uk:443)’.  
When I hit [plex.server.co.uk](http://plex.server.co.uk), i get a quick flash of 401 unauthorized then it redirects to ‘[https://plex.server.co.uk/web/index.html](https://plex.server.co.uk/web/index.html)’ where it just sits on the Plex logo that fills the screen, no prompt for login or taking me into the screen to see my media or anything. Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-plex-behind-nginx-reverse-proxy/674321/2 "2021-04-04T16:47:44Z")

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