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Christian Mäder 2021-01-22 11:41:23 +01:00
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This page explains how to add TLS support for Netbox. This page explains how to add TLS support for Netbox.
There are many ways to do this. There are many ways to do this.
We recommend setting up a reverse proxy that is independent of the Netbox Docker setup.
You can do this by installing a webserver like _nginx_ on your host machine directly (and forwarding traffic to the container)
or by running such a webserver in a container, [as explained below on the example of _Hitch_](#tls-using-hitch).
**We strongly advise _against_ changing the Nginx configuration that ships with Netbox Docker.**
## TLS for localhost ## TLS for localhost
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Continue with [TLS Using Hitch](#tls-using-hitch). Continue with [TLS Using Hitch](#tls-using-hitch).
## TLS for the world ## TLS Using Hitch
In order to setup TLS to serve public traffic to your Netbox it is recommended to set up a reverse proxy that is independent from Netbox.
You can do this by installing a webserver like _nginx_ on your host machine directly or by running it in a container, [as explained below with _Hitch_](#tls-using-hitch).
But we strongly advise against changing the Nginx configuration that ships with Netbox Docker.
### TLS Using Hitch
[Hitch](https://hitch-tls.org/) is a high performance TLS proxy by the people behind the famous Varnish. [Hitch](https://hitch-tls.org/) is a high performance TLS proxy by the people behind the famous Varnish.