Seafile v10.0.1 502 bad gateway with SSL

Hello,
I’m trying to set up Seafile using docker on my Ubuntu Server v22.04 VPS. I followed the instructions here on the seafile website at /docker/deploy_seafile_with_docker/ and downloaded the docker-compose.yml file, and ran docker-compose up -d.

When I run docker-compose up -d with SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=false, and the HTTP port set to a high port, Seafile works correctly. I’m able to login, and after logging in, going to system admin and changing SERVICE_URL and FILE_SERVER_ROOT to use my custom port, file uploads and downloads both work.

Initially I created a reverse proxy to this Seafile website with Nginx, outside of the docker container. However, the downloads were not offered over HTTPS, and since the Seafile website itself wasn’t HTTPS, I felt like there would be some security concerns, so I tried setting up HTTPS Seafile.

When SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=true, SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME is set to my hostname, and I have a DNS record pointing to the Server, Seafile gives a 502 bad gateway error from Nginx. This is not accessing it through the proxy I made. However, the error is given over HTTPS.

When I check the Seafile logs, I get this error:

seafile  | [2023-10-06 12:24:43] Preparing for letsencrypt ...
seafile  | [2023-10-06 12:24:43] Starting letsencrypt verification
seafile  | Traceback (most recent call last):
seafile  |   File "/scripts/start.py", line 95, in <module>
seafile  |     main()
seafile  |   File "/scripts/start.py", line 51, in main
seafile  |     init_letsencrypt()
seafile  |   File "/scripts/bootstrap.py", line 84, in init_letsencrypt
seafile  |     call('/scripts/ssl.sh {0} {1}'.format(ssl_dir, domain))
seafile  |   File "/scripts/utils.py", line 70, in call
seafile  |     return subprocess.check_call(*a, **kw)
seafile  |   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
seafile  |     raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
seafile  | subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '/scripts/ssl.sh /shared/ssl <seafile>.<example>.com' returned non-zero exit status 1.

The website at /docker/deploy_seafile_with_docker/ says that if I get the non-zero exit status 128, I should edit /scripts/ssl.sh in the docker container. However, my non-zero exit status is 1. I tried this anyway, but there are no instances of the phrase “git:” in /scripts/ssl.sh. Anyway, this error is apparently fixed in my version.

I’m not sure where to go from here. No one else online seems to have this problem. How do I fix this?

If you use nginx outside of docker container but on same machine and want to use LE cert you need an open 80 port for LE veryfication. And i guess you dont need to forward 80 port (80:80) into container. Also you need to set this to SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=false.
I personally use Nginx with letsencrypt on another VM. So i just proxy pass to 80 port of my vm with seafile docker and on this VM i have 80:80.