Update reverse proxy docs with what we've learned from #17986 (#17994)

Update reverse proxy docs with what we've learned from
https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/pull/17986

Also vice versa and update our nginx config with what I learned from the
reverse proxy docs.

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Fix example in reverse proxy docs to include server port.

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@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ server {
{% if using_unix_sockets %}
proxy_pass http://unix:/run/main_public.sock;
{% else %}
# note: do not add a path (even a single /) after the port in `proxy_pass`,
# otherwise nginx will canonicalise the URI and cause signature verification
# errors.
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
{% endif %}
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;

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@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ server {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;
# Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
# Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml