By geertjmvdk
I have created an App instance using a Docker image which does its own TLS (with auto renewal etc.). Deploying was successful, but then it occurred to me that it is not possible to disable the automatic TLS/HTTPS on the reverse proxy used for Apps?
Right now, I get the error that “HTTP traffic was send to HTTPS”. This means that the reverse proxy is doing offloading of HTTPS and send traffic plain (insecure) to the Apps.
This makes the Apps Platform not as secure as it seems. It must be possible to have Client to App without offloading. If there is a configuration I have missed, that would be great. Or I have to setup my own reverse-proxying in Kubernetes? (bit much for the App hehe)
Cheers, Geert
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Hey @geertjmvdk,
Currently in App Platform it isn’t possible to disable HTTPS with the built in SSL provided in App Platform. It sounds like you are looking to do SSL passthrough to your app rather then the default SSL termination. We don’t support this currently and I would suggest adding that to our Ideas Page. In the meantime a Kubernetes or droplet setup would be needed to use that.
Hope it helps! Nate
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