From c091d08fee673670218e77b89bc40119ff0be368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Kamerman Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:24:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated docs for issue #562 --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c4a629e..919d762 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ In this example, the `my-nginx-proxy` container will be connected to `my-network If you would like to connect to your backend using HTTPS instead of HTTP, set `VIRTUAL_PROTO=https` on the backend container. +> Note: If you use `VIRTUAL_PROTO=https` and your backend container exposes port 80 and 443, `nginx-proxy` will use HTTPS on port 80. This is almost certainly not what you want, so you should also include `VIRTUAL_PORT=443`. + ### uWSGI Backends If you would like to connect to uWSGI backend, set `VIRTUAL_PROTO=uwsgi` on the