Node.js Server with Apache

Posted on February 12, 2018

MySQL

Ubuntu 16.04

Apache

PHP

Node.js

By Jorge Duarte

Hi everyone,

I’m currently using Docker, and i have installed portainer and done tests using httpd etc.

Basically i have a Node.JS server that i want to be running at server.example.com that is restricted to requests from example.com and dev.example.com ( should i do something except using CORS ? ).

I want to use the example.com and dev.example.com websites at port 80.

Meanwhile this i need to restrict access to phpmyadmin and portainer to only be available in localhost too …

Since i’m a noob at server managament and this is a new world for me yet … i wonder if something can guide me to what i need to do.

For the restrictions i think i need to use ufw / iptables. but i don’t know how i can make this things work together.

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Bobby

December 9, 2019

Hello,

What I could suggest is using Apache as a reverse proxy for your Node.js applications. You could create 2 different Apache Vhosts for your main site and your dev site.

To set up Apache as a reverse proxy you can follow the steps here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-apache-as-a-reverse-proxy-with-mod_proxy-on-ubuntu-16-04

Regards, Bobby