How to fix "An error occurred while searching for spaces" when behind reverse proxy?

[Emanuel Peters]

I already manually rebuild the index of my server, as described in the support article below.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rebuild-the-content-indexes-from-scratch-on-confluence-server-110035351.html

But, I am still getting an "An error occurred while searching for spaces." when trying to load the "/spacedirectory/view.action" page on my server instance. My server site is behind a reverse proxy, and the server.xml file has been configured properly.

Any Ideas of what I should check next?

[Emanuel Peters · Accepted solution]

The CDN was causing the problem. I forced the CDN to stop caching objects, and the issue resolved itself. The CDN is currently acting as a reverse proxy for the sole purpose of providing an SSL certificate. 

Thanks,

Also, any ideas on why caching my cause this problem?

[Andrew Morin]

Check your base URL to make sure it is set to the correct address?

[Emanuel Peters]

Yes. The URL and protocol (https) for the base URL, server.xml, and the CDN acting as a reverse proxy that the server sites behind all match. I'm using AWS CloudFront as a CDN.