Re: Issue with pgAdmin 4 Login Behind NGINX Reverse Proxy at /pgadmin4 Path

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From: Khushboo Vashi <[email protected]>
To: Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]>
Cc: Yogesh Mahajan <[email protected]>
Cc: pgadmin-support lists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Issue with pgAdmin 4 Login Behind NGINX Reverse Proxy at /pgadmin4 Path
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 11:00:21 +0530
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Hi,

Please refer
https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/9.6/server_deployment.html#nginx-configuration-with-gunicorn
for nginx configuration.


On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Apologies for the interruption. May I kindly ask if the configuration I
> provided in my previous reply is correct?
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I updated the configuration and it's now working.
>> I'm using it *$http_host* instead of *$host* for the *Host *header.
>> Just want to confirm — is this the correct and recommended way?
>>
>> location ^~ /pgadmin4/ {
>>>
>>>     proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
>>>     proxy_set_header Host $http_host; # here i have changed $host to
>>> $http_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;
>>> proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
>>> proxy_set_header X-Script-Name /pgadmin4;
>>> proxy_http_version 1.1;
>>>
>>>
>>>     proxy_read_timeout 300;
>>>     proxy_connect_timeout 60;
>>
>> }
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Do you have any updates or suggestions that could help me further debug
>>> this issue?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Yes I have tried that conf which you have provided.
>>>> I have mentioned that in my last reply that it is not working.
>>>> Still getting blank page after login on https.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 9:53 AM Yogesh Mahajan <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have already provided the nginx configuration. Have you tried it?
>>>>> Issues is clearly with Nginx config.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Yogesh Mahajan
>>>>> EnterpriseDB
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM Shakir Idrisi <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I’ve tried the suggested changes, but I’m still encountering the same
>>>>>> issue — a blank page appears after logging in over HTTPS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a workaround, I modified the config_local.py file and set:
>>>>>> *WTF_CSRF_CHECK_DEFAULT = False*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this change, pgAdmin works correctly on HTTPS. However, I
>>>>>> understand that disabling CSRF protection is not recommended in a
>>>>>> production environment, so I’m looking for a more secure solution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here’s a snippet of my current *config_local.py* for reference:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DATA_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4'
>>>>>> SQLITE_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db'
>>>>>> SESSION_DB_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/sessions'
>>>>>> STORAGE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/storage'
>>>>>> AZURE_CREDENTIAL_CACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/azurecredentialcache'
>>>>>> KERBEROS_CCACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/kerberoscache'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SCRIPT_NAME = '/pgadmin4'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOG_LEVEL = 'DEBUG'
>>>>>> CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL = 50  # INFO = 20, WARNING = 30, ERROR = 40,
>>>>>> CRITICAL = 50
>>>>>> FILE_LOG_LEVEL = 20
>>>>>> LOG_FILE = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/log/pgadmin4.log'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you please help me identify the correct settings to securely
>>>>>> enable CSRF protection while ensuring pgAdmin functions properly over both
>>>>>> HTTP and HTTPS under /pgadmin4?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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