remotely connected via openvpn - local but need it to be treated as remote

[chenks]

You would need to put the nginx IP in "known proxies" in Jellyfin.

I don't think anything else is required in Nginx, but check out the Nginx Proxy Manger section of our Nginx docs.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/nginx/

thanks, i'll make those changes.
in the nginx docs it says

In the "Advanced" tab, enter the following in "Custom Nginx Configuration". This is optional, but recommended if you intend to make Jellyfin accessible outside of your home.

, which i have done, however within nginx it says

Please note, that any add_header or set_header directives added here will not be used by nginx. You will have to add a custom location '/' and add the header in the custom config there.

so it looks like what is recommended to be added would be ignored by nginx.

not sure if the nginx jellyfin doc is out of date in relation to nginx or not.