Question

Setting up node-red on Ubuntu 22.04. Cant get https and stuck on port 1880

I followed the instructions

Setup Nginx > working perfectly Security certificate > working perfectly Setup vsftpd & secured > working perfectly

Installed Node-red > working fine on http and port 1880 Not working on node-red.domainname.com but on domainname:1880 Setup Credentials Admin & password > working As soon as I block port 1880 or allow line "uiHost: “127.0.0.1”, I cant access the node-red server. Regular website still works fine and is getting https.

So I have two issues:

  1. cant get https
  2. cant get rid of port 1880

Please help guide me though this. I have been stuck at it for a few days now


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alexdo
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January 26, 2023

Hello @thorofasgard

You need to create an Nginx virtual host for the domain name in order to use it instead of the droplet IP address.

We do have an old tutorial for an older Ubuntu version which you can check here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-connect-your-internet-of-things-with-node-red-on-ubuntu-16-04

You can check Step 4 — Setting Up Nginx and examine the configuration.

Regards

KFSys
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January 25, 2023

Hi @thorofasgard,

You need to configure Reverse Proxy in your nginx conf for your domain. Basically, go to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yourdomainname.conf. Once inside, you 'll need to configure.

For port 80 it will look something like:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_domain www.your_domain;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1880;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

What happened to my answer? I posted a couple of days ago with screenshots. It said it was being reviewed.

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