chrisjhoughton · July 18, 2025 14:00 · Jan 27, 2014 · Jan 27, 2014 · Jan 27, 2014 · Jan 27, 2014
diff --git a/wp-config.php b/wp-config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+// Add this to the top of your wp-config.php file.
+
+// Handle reverse proxy, passing the IP to the server.
+// This is used by some plugins to fetch the user's IP.
+if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
+  $ips = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
+  $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $ips[0];
+}
+?>
diff --git a/apache.conf → proxy.apache.conf b/apache.conf → proxy.apache.conf
diff --git a/nginx.conf → proxy.nginx.conf b/nginx.conf → proxy.nginx.conf
diff --git a/apache.conf b/apache.conf
@@ -1,38 +1,17 @@
-<VirtualHost *:8080>
-        # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
-        # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
-        # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
-        # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
-        # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
-        # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
-        # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
+<VirtualHost *:{PORT}>
 
-        ServerName www.yourdomain.com
-        ServerAdmin [email protected]
-        # ServerAlias docs
-        DocumentRoot /var/www/docs/
+  ServerName www.yourdomain.com
+  ServerAdmin [email protected]
+  DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdir/
 
-        <Directory /var/www/docs>
-                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
-                AllowOverride all
-                Order allow,deny
-                allow from all
-        </Directory>
+  <Directory /var/www/yourdir>
+    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+    AllowOverride all
+    Order allow,deny
+    allow from all
+  </Directory>
 
+  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
+  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
 
-        # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
-        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
-        # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
-        # modules, e.g.
-        #LogLevel info ssl:warn
-
-        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
-        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
-
-        # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
-        # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
-        # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
-        # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
-        # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
-        #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
 </VirtualHost>
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add this file to your /etc/nginx/sites-available directory, renaming it to
-# the domain of your website. You'll also need to th change the server_name and port
+# the domain of your website. 
+# Change the: server_name, port
 # Credit to http://mattkirman.com/2011/06/01/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-with-nginx/.
 server {
   listen 80;

diff --git a/apache.conf b/apache.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<VirtualHost *:8080>
+        # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
+        # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
+        # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
+        # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
+        # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
+        # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
+        # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
+
+        ServerName www.yourdomain.com
+        ServerAdmin [email protected]
+        # ServerAlias docs
+        DocumentRoot /var/www/docs/
+
+        <Directory /var/www/docs>
+                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+                AllowOverride all
+                Order allow,deny
+                allow from all
+        </Directory>
+
+
+        # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
+        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
+        # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
+        # modules, e.g.
+        #LogLevel info ssl:warn
+
+        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
+        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
+
+        # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
+        # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
+        # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
+        # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
+        # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
+        #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
+</VirtualHost>
diff --git a/yourdomain.com → nginx.conf b/yourdomain.com → nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# Add this file to your /etc/nginx/sites-available directory, renaming it to
+# the domain of your website. You'll also need to th change the server_name and port
+# Credit to http://mattkirman.com/2011/06/01/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-with-nginx/.
 server {
   listen 80;
-  server_name www.yourdomain.com;
+  server_name www.yourdomain.com; # change this
 
   # global gzip on
   gzip on;
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ server {
   add_header Cache-Control public;
 
   location / {
-    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{PORT};
+    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{PORT}; # change this
     proxy_buffering on;
     proxy_buffers 12 12k;
     proxy_redirect off;

diff --git a/yourdomain.com b/yourdomain.com
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+server {
+  listen 80;
+  server_name www.yourdomain.com;
+
+  # global gzip on
+  gzip on;
+  gzip_min_length 10240;
+  gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript application/xml;
+  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
+
+  add_header Cache-Control public;
+
+  location / {
+    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{PORT};
+    proxy_buffering on;
+    proxy_buffers 12 12k;
+    proxy_redirect off;
+
+    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+  }
+
+
+}