Use HTTP/1.1 with nginx for chunked transfers

deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template

@@ -19,22 +19,39 @@ server {
     server_name ${DOMAIN};
 
     location ~ ^/api(.*)$ {
-      rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-      # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
-      # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
-      proxy_redirect off;
-      proxy_pass http://app_server;
+        rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
+
+        # misc headers
+        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 Host $host;
+
+        # need to use 1.1 to support chunked transfers
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+
+        # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
+        # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_pass http://app_server;
     }
 
     location / {
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-      proxy_redirect off;
-      proxy_pass http://web_server;
+        # misc headers
+        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 Host $host;
+
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+        # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
+        # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_pass http://web_server;
     }
 
     location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
@@ -47,6 +64,8 @@ server {
     server_name ${DOMAIN};
     
     location / {
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_buffering off;
         proxy_pass http://${DOMAIN};
     }
 

deployment/docker-compose.yml

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ../web
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    depends_on:
+      - api
+    environment:
+      - INTERNAL_AUTH_URL=http://api:8080
   db:
     image: postgres:15.2-alpine
     restart: always