docs: Clarify the http_only parameter.

Previously, the http_only parameter could have been misread as
allowing clients to connect to a Zulip server over HTTP directly.

Fixes #23506.
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Tim Abbott 2022-11-09 17:05:15 -08:00
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#### Configuring Zulip to allow HTTP
Depending on your environment, you may want the reverse proxy to talk
to the Zulip server over HTTP; this can be secure when the Zulip
server is not directly exposed to the public Internet.
Zulip requires clients to connect to Zulip servers over the secure
HTTPS protocol; the insecure HTTP protocol is not supported. However,
we do support using a reverse proxy that speaks HTTPS to clients and
connects to the Zulip server over HTTP; this can be secure when the
Zulip server is not directly exposed to the public Internet.
After installing the Zulip server as
[described above](#installer-options), you can configure Zulip to talk
HTTP as follows:
After installing the Zulip server as [described
above](#installer-options), you can configure Zulip to accept HTTP
requests from a reverse proxy as follows:
1. Add the following block to `/etc/zulip/zulip.conf`: