Workdesk behind reverse proxy

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mmrvelj

Hi guys

I installed Alfresco 5.0.a (custom install) and applied Workdesk to installation. I am also using nginx as reverse proxy that provides SSL. The access to /alfresco and /share and even online edit via Sharepoint integration behave as expected. However workdesk access over SSL does not work properly. Setup looks like this:

client –HTTPS–> nginx(server:443) –HTTP–> tomcat (server:8080)

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Although workdesk works fine when I access it via <em>http://server:8080/workdesk</em>, when I try to access it through reverse proxy I get garbled page, since the workdesk JSP pages are generating incorrect URLs (http://server/workdesk/ instead of being https/server/workdesk/).

Most of those URLs are generated from code like this

<%=m_context.getBaseURL()%>‍

. However this code does not detect that I am accessing via SSL protocol on the reverse proxy.

I guess that tomcat is not aware that I am accessing it through reverse proxy providing SSL. With properties <strong>alfresco.protocol</strong> and <strong>share.protocol</strong> set to <strong>https</strong>, this issue is avoided with /share and /alfresco access, however it is not the same with /workdesk.

Do you know how to change this?

deko

Hi mmrvelj,

For the case you are using Workdesk behind reverse proxy, there is additonal configuration in used owbootstrap.xml needed, so that <%=m_context.getBaseURL()%> can still be resolved. Search for the following commented section and uncomment it with your URLs:

<!– ======================================================================
Use this configuration option, if the application server is located behind a reverse proxy
or a load balancer and the servername, port or application context path is different from 
what the actual client sees.
=========================================================================== –>
    <!– 
    <UrlOverwrite>
        <Server>http://servername</Server>
        <Base>http://servername/workdesk</Base>
    </UrlOverwrite> 
    –>
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Best regards,
deko