Reverse Proxy for HTML5 Server

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This article describes configuration of Apache server to be used as a reverse proxy for HTML5 server.

Modify HTML5’s appsettings.json

Set BehindProxy as true.

Configure Apache Server

Example:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  <VirtualHost *:443>
    RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ProxyPreserveHost On	
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ retry=0
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/sslerror.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/sslaccess.log combined
    SSLEngine on
    SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
    SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:!RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:!LOW:!RC4
    SSLCertificateFile	/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
  </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

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Configure Nginx Server

Example:

server {	  
        listen 443 ssl;
        listen [::]:443 ssl;

        include snippets/self-signed.conf;
        include snippets/ssl-params.conf;

        access_log /var/log/nginx/reverse-access.log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/reverse-error.log;

        location / {
		proxy_hide_header X-Frame-Options;
		proxy_set_header Host $host;
	    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
	    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
  }
}

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Configure IIS Server

There is procedure how install and configure IIS as reverse proxy for docker container.

Install IIS

Open PowerShell with administrator rights.

run command

Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools

Install Extensions

download this extensions and install it.

Application Request Routing : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

URL Rewrite : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

After installing the extensions, you should see an option URL Rewrite added to the IIS dashboard under Default Web Site

Set up reversing proxy

Double click on the option and click on action “Add rule(s)” in right top corner.

Chose Reverse proxy option in Inbout and outbound Rules section.

Fill field IP and port where listening docker container.

Click on OK buton.

You see now this figure

Double click on ReverseProxyInboundRule1.

Add two headers into Server Variables section.

Name	Value
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST	{HTTP_HOST}
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO	https

Then Apply this changes.

Click on View Server Variables…

add hders name’s into Allowed Server Variables.

Conclusion

And that’s all you need to enable reverse proxy routing in Windows IIS.

Have fun.