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[docs] Update nginx docs to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost (#1264)
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Lots of these were appearing:

```
*459 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream
```

This change resolves it, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/52550758
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tsmethurst authored Dec 14, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ server {
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.org;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
# set to 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost to work around https://stackoverflow.com/a/52550758
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
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}
```

Change `proxy_pass` to the ip and port that you're actually serving GoToSocial on and change `server_name` to your own domain name.
Change `proxy_pass` to the ip and port that you're actually serving GoToSocial on (if it's not on `127.0.0.1:8080`), and change `server_name` to your own domain name.

If your domain name is `example.org` then `server_name example.org;` would be the correct value.

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server {
server_name example.org;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
# set to 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost to work around https://stackoverflow.com/a/52550758
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
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