How to set X-Forwarded-Proto header in nginx

Directly after any proxy_pass line add

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

Typically X-Forwarded-Proto is used together with X-Forwarded-Host like this:

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

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