Why does the documentation recommend using `https off;` with nginx

[wjzijderveld]

In the Configuring a Web Server it includes fastcgi_param HTTPS off; for the nginx configuration. This can cause issues when you are using HTTPs.

I guess that this config is partly copied from the nginx wiki?
But there it makes more sense, as the Nginx also mentions the SSL server.

Our usecase is an oauth server, which is using the Symfony Security component. In the HttpUtils it lets the request generate the uri when a relative path is given. The Request then uses the HTTP flag to determine if it should generate an https url. This caused our oauth to redirect our https call back to a http url.

I would suggest we remove the line from documentation here and let the default values be used. I think most distributions use a file similar as mentioned here: http://wiki.nginx.org/PHPFcgiExample

[weaverryan]

👍 I just checked one of my configs (that supports https) and I in fact do not have the line you're talking about removing.

[weaverryan]

And yea, iirc, I think we just copied from the NGINX wiki - but only copied the http part.

[wjzijderveld]

Thanks! I'll create a PR then 😄