README: updateinformation about passing the Host header

As mentioned in https://github.com/etesync/server/issues/75#issuecomment-735370709
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ There is also a [wikipage](https://github.com/etesync/server/wiki/Basic-Setup-Et
Some particular settings that should be edited are:
* [`ALLOWED_HOSTS`](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-ALLOWED_HOSTS)
-- this is the list of host/domain names or addresses on which the app
will be served
will be served. For example: `etebase.example.com`
* [`DEBUG`](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug)
-- handy for debugging, set to `False` for production
* [`MEDIA_ROOT`](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root)
@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Etebase is based on Django so you should refer to one of the following
The webserver should also be configured to serve Etebase using TLS.
A guide for doing so can be found in the [wiki](https://github.com/etesync/server/wiki/Setup-HTTPS-for-Etebase) as well.
The Etebase server needs to be aware of the URL it's been served as, so make sure to forward the `Host` header to the server if using a reverse proxy. For example, you would need to use the following directive in nginx: `proxy_set_header Host $host;`.
# Data locations and backups
The server stores user data in two different locations that need to be backed up: