Configuring apache as a proxy

Note: This requires Apache v2.4.x or greater. If your version of Apache is lower, please see :doc:`Apache v2.2.x Instructions <proxies/apache2.2>`

Enable the necessary modules

1. sudo a2enmod proxy
2. sudo a2enmod proxy_http
3. sudo a2enmod proxy_wstunnel

Add the config to Apache

The next step is adding the configuration to your virtualhost.conf file, typically located in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. The below configuration assumes you’ve used 4567 (default) port for NobeBB installation. It also assumes you have the bind address set to 127.0.0.1.

ProxyRequests off

<Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPass /socket.io/1/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/websocket
ProxyPassReverse /socket.io/1/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/websocket

ProxyPass /socket.io/ http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/
ProxyPassReverse /socket.io/ http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/

ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:4567/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:4567/

The last thing you need to be sure of is that the config.json in the NodeBB folder defines the node.js port outside of the url:

Example nodebb/config.json

{
    "url": "http://www.yoursite.com",
    "port": "4567",
    "secret": "55sb254c-62e3-4e23-9407-8655147562763",
    "database": "redis",
    "redis": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "6379",
        "password": "",
        "database": "0"
    }
}

Change the domain and dont use the secret in the example above.