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

From: Yogesh Mahajan <yogesh(dot)mahajan(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Shakir Idrisi <shakir(at)webuzo(dot)com>
Cc: support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Issue with pgAdmin 4 Login Behind NGINX Reverse Proxy at /pgadmin4 Path
Date: 2025-06-10 09:55:46
Message-ID: CAMa=N=PgeekhtrE+bJn2atLui8sqqSDxdD3ScqSCMws+WenjOQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

Can you please share your guicorn command?
How many workers are you spawning? It should be 1.

Thanks,
Yogesh Mahajan
EnterpriseDB

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM Shakir Idrisi <shakir(at)webuzo(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed *pgAdmin 4* on my Linux server and configured it behind *Gunicorn
> and NGINX*, accessible at:
> https://domain.com/pgadmin4/.
>
> The login page loads correctly. However, after entering valid credentials,
> I'm redirected back to the login page without any error message.
> Occasionally, I see a *CSRF token* error, which disappears after a page
> refresh, but the login still fails.
>
> In the browser console or network tab, I sometimes see 401 errors or
> issues loading static assets.
>
> Here's the NGINX configuration I'm currently using to reverse proxy
> pgAdmin via a Unix socket:
>
> *nginx*
> location /pgadmin4/ {
> proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock:/;
>
> # Proxy headers
> proxy_set_header Host $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;
>
> # Inform pgAdmin it's served under a subpath
> proxy_set_header X-Script-Name /pgadmin4;
>
> # Optional: timeouts and static asset handling
> proxy_read_timeout 300;
> proxy_connect_timeout 60;
> }
>
> Could you please advise:
>
> 1.
>
> Is there something wrong with the proxy setup?
> 2.
>
> Do I need to handle static assets or cookies differently when using a
> subpath (/pgadmin4)?
> 3.
>
> Are there any additional settings required in the pgAdmin config to
> work correctly behind a sub-URI with NGINX?
>
> Thanks in advance for your guidance.
>

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