Nginx and Apache

FredMa

I want to install Nginx in addition to Apache2 on Bullseye.
As there are a lot of virtuals on Apache2, I prefer not to change the Apache ports (80 and 443) and switch Nginx to port 8080 and 8443.
Everything works, however, I need to add the port to access the sites under Nginx:
https://example.org:8443.
How to get Apache to forward example.org address to Nginx?
I think of using a reverse proxy under Apache:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.org
Permanent redirect / https://example.org
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName example.org
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
SSLProxyEngine on

 <Location/>
     ProxyPass https://127.0.0.1:8443/
     ProxyPassReverse /
 </Location>

But, it does not work.
The checkup writes : "Your browser was not able to load an iframe using the origin specified as httpSafeOrigin"

Have-you got an idea ? Is there an other way to redirect example.org to Nginx ?

Thanks

Mathilde

Hello,

With the next release you'll be able to process your requests directly to CryptPad with whatever reverse proxy you'd like. We will continue to propose an advanced Nginx configuration file example, but for small instances you will be able to use whatever you want.

Mathilde

Hello,

CryptPad 5.5.0 has been released, you can now proxy directly from Apache if you don't want to use Nginx.

Hope this helps!

TheNomad11

Mathilde Hi! I am no sysadmin, so please bear with my limited knowledge 😉
I tried to set it up via the provided docker-compose file and the front page is loading fiine at myip:3000 but I could not make it work with Aoache and https for both domains (main domain only works fine). I searched the manual but could not find a solution. Could you provide us an example apache reverse proxy including how to deal with the sandbox domain? Thanks so much for your help!

Mathilde

Hello @TheNomad11,

Thanks for your interest in CryptPad and welcome to our community forum.

Sadly, I personally hold no knowledge of this ancient web server named Apache. Maybe you'd have better luck if a community member with Apache knowledge answer your question.

I hope someone will chime in and provide you with some clue!

Mathilde

@TheNomad11 @FredMa please note that some community member contributed a working Apache HTTPd configuration example file: https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad/blob/main/docs/example.httpd.conf

So if you prefer to use Apache instead of Nginx it's now possible. Please note however that this is not officially supported and that we do still recommend to use only Nginx in front of CryptPad.