# EmbyStream Frontend Nginx Configuration
#
# EmbyStream acts as the full reverse proxy for Emby, handling:
# - Video stream interception (ForwardMiddleware)
# - Playlist mock responses (PlaylistMockMiddleware)
# - API response caching for slow endpoints (ReverseProxyMiddleware)
# - All other requests proxied to Emby (ReverseProxyMiddleware)
#
# Nginx only needs to handle HTTPS termination and WebSocket proxying.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name frontend.example.com; # Replace frontend domain
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
listen [::]:443 ssl;
http2 on;
server_name frontend.example.com; # Replace frontend domain
ssl_session_timeout 30m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_certificate /etc/ca-certificates/frontend.pem; # Replace frontend ssl certificate
ssl_certificate_key /etc/ca-certificates/frontend.key; # Replace frontend ssl certificate key
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
client_max_body_size 100M;
add_header 'Referrer-Policy' 'origin-when-cross-origin';
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; preload" always;
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
location ~* \.(webp|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js|html)$|Images|fonts {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:60001;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
expires 10y;
add_header Pragma "public";
add_header Cache-Control "public";
}
location ~* /(socket|embywebsocket) {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8096; # Replace port if needed
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
proxy_cache off;
}
# All other requests go through EmbyStream
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:60001; # Replace frontend port according frontend config toml
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Range $http_range;
proxy_set_header If-Range $http_if_range;
proxy_hide_header X-Powered-By;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
proxy_buffering off;
}
}