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Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ to inform the server that the original port was `443`.
==== X-Forwarded-Proto

While not standard, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-Proto[`X-Forwarded-Proto: (https|http)`]
is a de-facto standard header that is used to communicate the original protocol (for example, https / https)
is a de-facto standard header that is used to communicate the original protocol (for example, https / http)
to a downstream server. For example, if a request of `https://example.com/resource` is sent to
a proxy which forwards the request to `http://localhost:8080/resource`, then a header of
`X-Forwarded-Proto: https` can be sent to inform the server that the original protocol was `https`.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ https://example.com/api/app1/{path} -> http://localhost:8080/app1/{path}

In this case, the proxy has a prefix of `/api/app1` and the server has a prefix of
`/app1`. The proxy can send `X-Forwarded-Prefix: /api/app1` to have the original prefix
`/api/app1` override the server prefix `/app1`.
`/api/app1` override the server prefix `/app1`.