Id like to be able to access the unraid webgui via reverse proxy now that unraid 6.4 has letsencrypt SSL certs

 

I'd like to navigate to www.web.com/admin and be able to access the gui, but unraid doesnt have an option for adding a base url

 

Im currently using this:

 

    location ^~ /admin {
        include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
        proxy_pass http://192.168.187.10:8181;
    }

 

unraid isn't expecting to see /admin so nothing loads. Is there a way to add /admin to the target url even though unraid doesnt allow for customizing the base url it uses?

You may just want to wait, as there are plans in the works:

 

But if you have to set something up today, see below.  No guarantees, no warranties   

 

 

ah perfect, thanks!

 

ill give that a go, but in the mean time does anyone know if theres a way to use a subdirectory (web.com/admin) rather than a subdomain (admin.web.com)?

no it is not possible

actually I think I just figured it out and it seems to work

 

From this stackoverflow answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32542282/how-do-i-rewrite-urls-in-a-proxy-response-in-nginx

 

the key seems to be to keep the trailing slash in the proxy_pass line: `proxy_pass http://192.168.187.10:8181/` . That way the location (/admin) will just be placed by / in the resulting url

That is pretty interesting, Nginx actually rewrites html on the fly to use the subdirectory. I can see how that would work for a static site, but I don't see how it could account for all the ways that javascript might construct urls. Personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable using that feature on the unRAID webgui, if it misses something the effects could be severe.