Preface
This page explains the necessary steps to use OntoWiki behind a reverseProxy (with ssl) - e.g. if OntoWiki is deployed as a docker-container
- install OntoWiki as described here
- install your favorite webserver (apache2/nginx)
- add config of your reverseProxy
Configuration
nginx
server {
listen 80;
server_name path.to.your.ontowiki.com;
return 301 https://path.to.your.ontowiki.com;
}
server {
listen 443;
server_name path.to.your.ontowiki.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/your_server_cert.cer;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/your_server_key.key;
ssl on;
ssl_session_cache builtin:1000 shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!CAMELLIA:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
access_log /var/log/nginx/path.to.your.ontowiki.com.access.log;
location / {
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;
add_header Front-End-Https on;
# Fix the "It appears that your reverse proxy set up is broken" error.
proxy_pass http://path-to-your-internal-ontowiki:8000;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_redirect http://path-to-your-internal-ontowiki:8000 https://path.to.your.ontowiki.com;
}
}