nginx reverse proxy for confluence server through ssl tunnel

[Alexander Boger]

Hi all, I have some problems to config my nginx reverse proxy for confluence. 

I use an SSH tunnel to connect to the server on which Confluence is running.
So far no problem. (ssh tunnel -> confluence) I use following URL:  http://localhost:8090/confluence;

Now I want to include ngnix-reverse proxy.
ssh tunnel -> nginx proxy -> confluence
If I use the common confuration that is offered here, no connection is made.

my configuration looks like this

location /confluence {
    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://localhost:8090/confluence;
}

what i see in my browser is the following: 

i call following url

http://localhost:88/confluence (a connection to nginx server over the ssh tunnel, that lisens on port 80) I see that the ngnix server gets the request from my remote client.

suddenly the url is adjusted and becomes 

http://localhost/confluence/

and I get 404 back.

Has anyone had similar experiences?

How did you solve the problem?