I am using xwiki version 7.4.4, doing a war install. I do use nginx infront of tomcat, but it is strictly for a reverse proxy and SSL. here is my nginx config. server { listen 80; server_name wiki.mydomain.com; rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent; } server { listen 443; server_name wiki.mydomain.com; root /opt/tomcat/webapps/xwiki; ssl on; ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.crt; ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/key.key; ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_ciphers "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5 or HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!3DES"; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; if ($scheme = http) { return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; } location / { rewrite ^ $scheme://$server_name/xwiki$request_uri? permanent; } location ^~ /xwiki { # If path starts with /xwiki - then redirect to backend: XWiki application in Tomcat proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; 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; proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/xwiki; } }