Merging upstream version 1.12.0.

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+# Netdata via nginx
+
+To pass netdata via a nginx, use this:
+
+### As a virtual host
+
+```
+upstream backend {
+    # the netdata server
+    server 127.0.0.1:19999;
+    keepalive 64;
+}
+
+server {
+    # nginx listens to this
+    listen 80;
+
+    # the virtual host name of this
+    server_name netdata.example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_pass http://backend;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_pass_request_headers on;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "keep-alive";
+        proxy_store off;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### As a subfolder to an existing virtual host
+
+```
+upstream netdata {
+    server 127.0.0.1:19999;
+    keepalive 64;
+}
+
+server {
+   listen 80;
+
+   # the virtual host name of this subfolder should be exposed
+   #server_name netdata.example.com;
+
+   location = /netdata {
+        return 301 /netdata/;
+   }
+
+   location ~ /netdata/(?<ndpath>.*) {
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_pass_request_headers on;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "keep-alive";
+        proxy_store off;
+        proxy_pass http://netdata/$ndpath$is_args$args;
+
+        gzip on;
+        gzip_proxied any;
+        gzip_types *;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### As a subfolder for multiple netdata servers, via one nginx
+
+```
+upstream backend-server1 {
+    server 10.1.1.103:19999;
+    keepalive 64;
+}
+upstream backend-server2 {
+    server 10.1.1.104:19999;
+    keepalive 64;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+
+    # the virtual host name of this subfolder should be exposed
+    #server_name netdata.example.com;
+
+    location ~ /netdata/(?<behost>.*)/(?<ndpath>.*) {
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_pass_request_headers on;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "keep-alive";
+        proxy_store off;
+        proxy_pass http://backend-$behost/$ndpath$is_args$args;
+
+        gzip on;
+        gzip_proxied any;
+        gzip_types *;
+    }
+
+    # make sure there is a trailing slash at the browser
+    # or the URLs will be wrong
+    location ~ /netdata/(?<behost>.*) {
+        return 301 /netdata/$behost/;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Of course you can add as many backend servers as you like.
+
+Using the above, you access netdata on the backend servers, like this:
+
+- `http://nginx.server/netdata/server1/` to reach `backend-server1`
+- `http://nginx.server/netdata/server2/` to reach `backend-server2`
+
+
+### Enable authentication
+
+Create an authentication file to enable the nginx basic authentication.
+Do not use authentication without SSL/TLS!
+If you haven't one you can do the following:
+
+```
+printf "yourusername:$(openssl passwd -apr1)" > /etc/nginx/passwords
+```
+
+And enable the authentication inside your server directive:
+
+```
+server {
+    # ...
+    auth_basic "Protected";
+    auth_basic_user_file passwords;
+    # ...
+}
+```
+
+## limit direct access to netdata
+
+If your nginx is on `localhost`, you can use this to protect your netdata:
+
+```
+[web]
+    bind to = 127.0.0.1 ::1
+```
+
+---
+
+You can also use a unix domain socket. This will also provide a faster route between nginx and netdata:
+
+```
+[web]
+    bind to = unix:/tmp/netdata.sock
+```
+_note: netdata v1.8+ support unix domain sockets_
+
+At the nginx side, use something like this to use the same unix domain socket:
+
+```
+upstream backend {
+    server unix:/tmp/netdata.sock;
+    keepalive 64;
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+If your nginx server is not on localhost, you can set:
+
+```
+[web]
+    bind to = *
+    allow connections from = IP_OF_NGINX_SERVER
+```
+
+_note: netdata v1.9+ support `allow connections from`_
+
+`allow connections from` accepts [netdata simple patterns](../libnetdata/simple_pattern/) to match against the connection IP address.
+
+## prevent the double access.log
+
+nginx logs accesses and netdata logs them too. You can prevent netdata from generating its access log, by setting this in `/etc/netdata/netdata.conf`:
+
+```
+[global]
+      access log = none
+```
+
+## SELinux
+
+If you get an 502 Bad Gateway error you might check your nginx error log:
+
+```sh
+# cat /var/log/nginx/error.log:
+2016/09/09 12:34:05 [crit] 5731#5731: *1 connect() to 127.0.0.1:19999 failed (13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream, client: 1.2.3.4, server: netdata.example.com, request: "GET / HTTP/2.0", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:19999/", host: "netdata.example.com"
+```
+
+If you see something like the above, chances are high that SELinux prevents nginx from connecting to the backend server. To fix that, just use this policy: `setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true`.
+
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