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sofakng
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Does this support using behind a reverse proxy?

Does this support being hosted behind an nginx/apache reverse proxy?

I've tested it and it doesn't seem to work...

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elesueur
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There are some issues with reverse proxy and the assumptions about which URLs can be accessed absolutely.

See the feedback page on the Fling site for a bit of analysis and a possible workaround.

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/esxi-embedded-host-client#comment-538363

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MaartenVM
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Yes, this works fully with an Apache reverse proxy. This is my Apache config to make it all work:

<VirtualHost *:443>

    ServerName esxi.example.com

    ServerAlias esxi

    SSLEngine On

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/example.crt

    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/example.key

    SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/sub.class2.server.ca.pem

    SSLProxyEngine On

    SSLProxyCACertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/example.crt

    ProxyRequests Off

    ProxyPreserveHost On

    RewriteEngine on

    ProxyPass /sdk/ https://esxi/sdk/

    ProxyPassReverse /sdk/ https://esxi/sdk/

    ProxyPass /ticket/ wss://esxi/ticket/

    ProxyPassReverse /ticket/ wss://esxi/ticket/

    ProxyPassMatch ^(/screen.*)$ https://esxi.example.com$1

    ProxyPass / https://esxi/ui/ retry=1 keepalive=On

    ProxyPassReverse / https://esxi/ui/

    RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-HTTPS "0"

    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access_vmware.log combined

</VirtualHost>

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DaveWut
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Hi, this configuration didn't worked for me. I ended using these directives instead:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/ticket [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:UPGRADE} ^WebSocket$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:CONNECTION} ^Upgrade$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* wss://ip_address_or_server_name%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* https://ip_address_or_server_name%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L]

<Location /ticket>
Require all granted
ProxyPassReverse wss://ip_address_or_server_name/ticket
ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain ip_address_or_server_name esx01.hostname.test
</Location>

<Location />
Require all granted
ProxyPassReverse https://ip_address_or_server_name/
ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain ip_address_or_server_name esx01.hostname.test
</Location>

Also, please note you need to enable mod_proxy_wstunnel.

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eduardz
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Hello, can you post the entire config used for virtual host?

i get HTTP Status 400 - Unable to process request

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eduardz
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not working ;

i have esxi 6

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mrakhras
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After 3 hours of hard work... below configuration worked fine for me. Hope it can help you too.

I am using:

  • ESXi 6.5 u1 on Dell server
  • Apache 2.4.27 on windows 10 (WAMP Server 3.0.9 64bit)
  • Tested in Microsoft Edge & Chrome Version 61.0.3163.91 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Virtual Host Settings:

<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName esx1.YourServer.com

SSLEngine On

SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL

SSLCertificateFile "${INSTALL_DIR}/Cert/esx1.YourServer.com.crt"

SSLCertificateKeyFile "${INSTALL_DIR}/Cert/esx1.YourServer.com.key"

##SSLCACertificateFile "${INSTALL_DIR}/Cert/intermediate.key"

SSLProxyEngine on

SSLProxyVerify none

SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off

SSLProxyCheckPeerName off

SSLProxyCheckPeerExpire off

ProxyRequests Off

ProxyPreserveHost Off  

RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" "https"

ProxyPass / https://192.168.1.101:443/

ProxyPassReverse / https://192.168.1.101:443/

</VirtualHost>

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