Question on caddy install

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Rocket-cat install on Ubuntu 20.04 server
Server: Dell R-610 with 96Gig ram, 2tb storage
I installed rocket-chat via the instruction: Setting up a RocketChat Server on Ubuntu | Ubuntu

using the snap install, all works find using port 3000
am trying to server it to the internet, the application is working telling me caddy or a web server is installed

the documentation tell me to config it this way

example.com
proxy / localhost:3000 {
  websocket
  transparent
}

but does not tell me the name of the configuration file or where it’s located
can you assist

when I do a caddy --version it show nothing same thing for apache2 and nginx but something is severing the sites on port 3000

2

OK.

Rocket runs on a local port 3000

For your own security and safety you need to put a web server in front of Rocket.

Then requests will go

External:80 <-> Web Server <-> localhost:3000
External:443 <-> Web Server <-> localhost:3000

Note we really don’t want to use http:80 as it is insecure and will not work with the mobile apps etc.

As a web server we can use Caddy, or Apache, or Nginx. But not all 3 at the same time as they will conflict.

So which web server do you have installed at the minute?

Note we have docs here:

And this tells you a bit more about caddy, or how to disable it to work with another web server proxy:

3

I have apache installed now and configuring with webmin

Where is the document root and what is the name of the file so I can point apache2 to it

Thanks

Keith

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4

There is no document root for Rocket - it is a not a normal ‘html’ site. You need to run Apache with a virtualhost configured as a reverse proxy pointing to 127.0.0.1:3000 - for your own security don’t use it in a ‘pass through’ mode ot http.

5

im having the same issue.

I used the snaps install. then followed the auto snaps ssl.
on the router i port forward 3000 to the local ip of the RC server.

Caddy file is:

chat.domain.com {
proxy / localhost:3000 {
websocket
transparent
}
}

6

/var/snap/rocketchat-server/current/Caddyfile is where its at

7

Don’t - that is what caddy is doing, or meant to be doing.

Just allow https:443 to the server, and let caddy reverse proxy it to 3000

8

What do you actually want to know?

10

Sorry that was my reply to kdmiller looking where the caddy text file was

11

OK, thanks!! :slight_smile: