10 Reverse proxy to the Glances Web UI

Nicolas Hennion edited this page 2020-04-26 15:10:15 +02:00

Table of Contents

• Nginx
• Apache configuration
• Lighttpd

Nginx

port_in_redirect off;
    
location /glances/ {
  rewrite /glances/(.*) /$1 break;
  proxy_pass http://localhost:61208/;
  proxy_set_header Host $http_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;
}

Note: for Glances version previous to 2.11

port_in_redirect off;

location / {
        if ($http_referer ~ "^https?://[^/]+/glances"){
                rewrite ^/(.*) https://$http_host/glances/$1 redirect;
        }    
}

location /glances/ {
  rewrite /glances/(.*) /$1 break;
  proxy_pass http://localhost:61208/;
  proxy_set_header Host $http_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;
}

Apache configuration

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://[^/]+/glances
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/glances
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /glances/$1 [QSA,R]
ProxyPass /glances/ http://localhost:61208/
ProxyPassReverse /glances/ http://localhost:61208/
Redirect permanent /glances http://host/glances/

Lighttpd

Thanks to @jonesaaronj (source).

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/glances" {
    url.rewrite-once = ( "^(/glances)$" => "$1/" )
    proxy.server = ("" => (( "host" => "localhost", "port" => 61208 )))
    proxy.header = ( "map-urlpath" => ( "/glances" => "" ) )
}