Switch Nginx config to use $http_host

[ActionScripted]

Great, short explanation: http://stackoverflow.com/a/20752916/12276

I was running into errors with a slightly more complex Django setup of my own and this fixed things.

[mjhea0]

Are you suggesting I change the nginx config?

[ActionScripted]

Yes, sorry for not being more clear or submitting a proper PR. Switching line 13 in nginx/sites-enabled/django_project from proxy_set_header Host $host; to proxy_set_header Host $http_host; will keep folks using frontnend forms and such from running into errors.

[mjhea0]

Can you submit a quick PR? :)

[ActionScripted]

Wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something and in double-checking things I found that in docker-compose.yml I was mapping Nginx's port as "8080:80" which was causing problems.

$http_host fixed this but that was only treating a symptom. After reading more about whether $http_host was preferred to $host I've learned that $host is absolutely the way to go 99% of the time.

Closing this because it was a problem with my config and nothing with this repo. Thanks so much for being so polite and for the great article.

Related information:

• https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,213799,213813#msg-213813
• http://stackoverflow.com/a/15414811/12276
• http://serverfault.com/a/393040/203743

[mjhea0]

Thanks!