Nginx config :

# code block

# HTTP Server
server {
	source_charset utf-8;
    listen 80;
    server_name nodebb.dev;
	
    rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri permanent;
}

server {

	source_charset utf-8;
	listen nodebb.dev:443;
	server_name nodebb.dev;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate ../../openssl/certs/nodebb/server.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key ../../openssl/certs/nodebb/server.key;
	
    location / {
		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_set_header Host $http_host;
		proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567;
		proxy_redirect off;

		# Socket.IO Support
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
		proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }

}

and the NodeBB config :

{
    "url": "https://nodebb.dev:4567",
    "secret": "9feb33e9-6665-40ab-9209-d74825c4f668",
    "database": "mongo",
    "port": "4567",
    "mongo": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "27017",
        "username": "nodebb",
        "password": "password",
        "database": "nodebb"
    }
}