Note re SSL for nginx fastcgi as this is an FAQ

[catagits/Catalyst-Manual.git] / lib / Catalyst / Manual / Deployment / nginx / FastCGI.pod

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Deployment/nginx/FastCGI.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Deployment/nginx/FastCGI.pod
index be18780..d8e5f9a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Deployment/nginx/FastCGI.pod
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Deployment/nginx/FastCGI.pod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The server configuration block should look roughly like:
             fastcgi_param  SERVER_ADDR        $server_addr;
             fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
             fastcgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;
-        
+
             # Adjust the socket for your applications!
             fastcgi_pass   unix:$docroot/myapp.socket;
         }
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ process this accordingly and setup the application base as expected.
 This behavior is somewhat different from Apache and lighttpd, but is still
 functional.
 
+=head2 SSL
+
+Make sure that nginx passes this to your fastcgi. To ensure this, you need
+the following in your nginx config for the SSL vhost:
+
+    fastcgi_param  HTTPS on
+
+=head1 MORE INFO
+
 For more information on nginx, visit:
 L<http://nginx.net>