nginx reverse proxy

You can use your nginx server as a reverse proxy to run notifly.

At the root of the domain

Here’s an example configuration file if your notifly instance is running on port 1245

upstream notifly {
  # Set the port you are using in notifly
  server 127.0.0.1:1245;
}

server {
  listen 80;

  # Specify your domain / subdomain here
  server_name push.example.com;

  location / {
    # We are configuring a reverse proxy
    proxy_pass         http://notifly;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;

    # Enabling websocket support
    proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
    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 http;
    proxy_redirect     http:// $scheme://;

    # The proxy must preserve the host, as notifly checks the host against the origin
    # for WebSocket connections
    proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;

    # This sets the timeout so that the websocket can stay active
    proxy_connect_timeout   1m;
    proxy_send_timeout      1m;
    proxy_read_timeout      1m;
  }
}

If you want to use HTTPS via nginx, leave the notifly setting NOTIFLY_SERVER_SSL_ENABLED=false and rely on nginx to encrypt your traffic just like for any other website.

On a subpath

Here’s the equivalent of the above configuration example, but operating on a subpath

upstream notifly {
  # Set the port you are using in notifly
  server 192.168.178.34:8080;
}

server {
  listen 80;

  server_name localhost;

  location /notifly/ {
    proxy_pass         http://notifly;
    rewrite ^/notifly(/.*) $1 break;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;

    # Enabling websocket support
    proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
    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 http;
    proxy_redirect     http:// $scheme://;

    # The proxy must preserve the host, as notifly checks the host against the origin
    # for WebSocket connections
    proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;

    proxy_connect_timeout   1m;
    proxy_send_timeout      1m;
    proxy_read_timeout      1m;
  }
}