Proxying Webmin - File Manager Error: 403 – forbidden

System hostname | (127.0.0.1) | Operating system | Ubuntu Linux 24.04.1 – | – | – | – Webmin version | 2.202 System hostname sub.domain (127.0.0.1) Operating system Ubuntu Linux 24.04.1 Webmin version 2.202 Authentic theme version 21.20.7 Time on system Saturday, February 1, 2025 5:08 PM Kernel and CPU Linux 6.8.0-52-generic on x86_64 Processor information Intel(R) Core™ i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 4 cores System uptime 2 days, 7 hours, 41 minutes

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nginx config:

server {
server_name webmin.domain;

# Proxy requests to Webmin
location / {
    proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:10000;
	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 X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

    # WebSocket support
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}

listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain-0007/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain-0007/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot

# Add HSTS header
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" always;

}
server {
if ($host = webmin.domain) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot

listen 80;
server_name sub.domain;
return 404; # managed by Certbot

}

I’ve updated your title to indicate this is about proxy configuration, and not so much about File Manager.

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I’ll also note your image links don’t work. I’ve updated your trust level, you should be able to upload at least one image, I think, without the filter stopping you.

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