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  • yes, it does

  • Hello

    just for test, I wanted to test that configuration in my dev instance :

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7930/using-cloudflare-with-nodebb

    But I have this error uninterruptedly :

    b5eb4be0-873f-45c7-8c70-08f83bf35e34-image.png
    And I don’t know why

    Nodebb config for socket.io :

    aa9716b3-506c-4551-a582-50d4cf91cf89-image.png

    Nginx config for socket.XXXX.XXXX

    server {
    	server_name socket.XXXXX.fr www.socket.XXXX.fr mail.socket.XXXX.fr;
    	root /home/XXXXX/domains/socket.XXXX.fr/public_html;
    	index index.php index.htm index.html;
    	access_log /var/log/virtualmin/socket.XXXX.fr_access_log;
    	error_log /var/log/virtualmin/socket.XXXX.fr_error_log;
    	fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
    	fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx;
    	fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
    	fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
    	fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
    	fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
    	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME "/home/XXXXX/domains/socket.XXXXXX.fr/public_html$fastcgi_script_name";
    	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
    	fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
    	fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
    	fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/XXXXX/domains/socket.XXXXX.fr/public_html;
    	fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
    	fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
    	fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
    	fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
    	fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
    	fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
    	fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    	fastcgi_param HTTPS $https;
    	location ^~ /.well-known/ {
    		try_files $uri /;
    	}
    	location ~ "\.php(/|$)" {
    		try_files $uri $fastcgi_script_name =404;
    		default_type application/x-httpd-php;
    		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/php-fpm/16908800991403014.sock;
    	}
    
    	location / {
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP       $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header Host            $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy   true;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade         $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection      "upgrade";
            proxy_redirect                   off;
            proxy_http_version               1.1;
            proxy_pass                       http://localhost:4567;
        }
    
    	fastcgi_split_path_info "^(.+\.php)(/.+)$";
    	location /cgi-bin/ {
    		gzip off;
    		root /home/XXXXX/domains/socket.XXXXX.fr/cgi-bin;
    		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/fcgiwrap/16908800991403014.sock/socket;
    		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME "/home/XXXXXXX/domains/socket.XXXXXX.fr$fastcgi_script_name";
    		fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
    		fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx;
    		fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
    		fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
    		fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
    		fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
    		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
    		fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
    		fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
    		fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/XXXXXXX/domains/socket.XXXXXXX.fr/public_html;
    		fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
    		fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
    		fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
    		fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
    		fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
    		fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
    		fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    		fastcgi_param HTTPS $https;
    	}
    	listen x.x.x.x:443 ssl;
    	listen [x.x.x.x::1]:443 ssl;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/media.XXXXXX.fr/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/media.XXXXXXXX.fr/privkey.pem;
     # managed by Certbot
    }
    server {
        if ($host = socket.virtuaverse.fr) {
            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        } # managed by Certbot
    
    
    	server_name socket.XXXXXXXX.fr www.socket.XXXXXX.fr mail.socket.XXXXXXx.fr;
    	listen x.x.x.x;
    	listen [x.x.x.x::1];
        return 404; # managed by Certbot
    
    
    }
    

    Cloudflare config :

    6dd0bf70-d22d-4fb5-a5c3-e5a275722dcc-image.png

    @DownPW You should simplify the nginx config - below a suggestion

    server {
    	server_name socket.XXXXX.fr www.socket.XXXX.fr mail.socket.XXXX.fr;
    	access_log /var/log/virtualmin/socket.XXXX.fr_access_log;
    	error_log /var/log/virtualmin/socket.XXXX.fr_error_log;
    	listen x.x.x.x:443 ssl;
    	listen [x.x.x.x::1]:443 ssl;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/media.XXXXXX.fr/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/media.XXXXXXXX.fr/privkey.pem;
    
    	location / {
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP       $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header Host            $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy   true;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade         $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection      "upgrade";
            proxy_redirect                   off;
            proxy_http_version               1.1;
            proxy_pass                       http://localhost:4567;
        }
    
    
     # managed by Certbot
    }
    server {
        if ($host = socket.virtuaverse.fr) {
            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        } # managed by Certbot
    	server_name socket.XXXXXXXX.fr www.socket.XXXXXX.fr mail.socket.XXXXXXx.fr;
    	listen x.x.x.x;
    	listen [x.x.x.x::1];
        return 404; # managed by Certbot
    }
    
  • @phenomlab done

  • @DownPW Also remove these lines and restart nginx

    root /home/XXXXX/domains/socket.XXXX.fr/public_html;
    
    	index index.php index.htm index.html;
    
  • Same

    image.png

  • I see this on start log nodebb

    e5fc0e62-fa92-461d-9bfe-2b2b9ace2232-image.png

  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab forked this topic on
  • There’s more of an issue here - try to change any CSS or JS in the ACP, and you’ll see that it does not save.

  • ???

  • I see this on start log nodebb

    e5fc0e62-fa92-461d-9bfe-2b2b9ace2232-image.png

    @DownPW Now working for me in Incognito. Can you check

  • There’s more of an issue here - try to change any CSS or JS in the ACP, and you’ll see that it does not save.

    @phenomlab said in NodeBB socket with CloudFlare:

    There’s more of an issue here - try to change any CSS or JS in the ACP, and you’ll see that it does not save.

    due to socket.io configuration in nodebb config.json file

    Actually I have delete socket.io block and change CSS and save is good.

  • @phenomlab said in NodeBB socket with CloudFlare:

    There’s more of an issue here - try to change any CSS or JS in the ACP, and you’ll see that it does not save.

    due to socket.io configuration in nodebb config.json file

    Actually I have delete socket.io block and change CSS and save is good.

    @DownPW Ok, but that now means you should not need the socket A record anymore because it’s not used. From the logs, the socket is running on the site’s URL.

  • normal that it is not used (A record) @phenomlab because there currently, I do not use it because the socket.io block is removed from config.json.

    I’m just in normal mode with Cloudflare :

    5272437e-9b74-4482-881a-5c376cf73900-image.png

    I can put it back if you want ?

  • normal that it is not used (A record) @phenomlab because there currently, I do not use it because the socket.io block is removed from config.json.

    I’m just in normal mode with Cloudflare :

    5272437e-9b74-4482-881a-5c376cf73900-image.png

    I can put it back if you want ?

    @DownPW It seems to be working fine without it, so I’d leave it. I see zero socket errors, so all good.

  • because I’m alone on the server.

    The goal is to try to market this method before putting it into production where i have a lot of errors

    And we can see that it doesn’t work when I try to reroute the web sockets in non-proxied mode. (socket error, no save when chnage in ACP, etc…)

    I don’t know if I can make myself understood. @phenomlab 🙂

  • because I’m alone on the server.

    The goal is to try to market this method before putting it into production where i have a lot of errors

    And we can see that it doesn’t work when I try to reroute the web sockets in non-proxied mode. (socket error, no save when chnage in ACP, etc…)

    I don’t know if I can make myself understood. @phenomlab 🙂

    @DownPW Understood. Even with just the two of us connected, I was still getting the websocket error, but I think that was related to config etc. In all honesty, this is yet another reason why I stopped using CF. I know you need it to hide your IP address, but if you bypass CF for the socket, you are exposing your IP anyway.

  • I know, I know,

    too bad… I just wanted to test this method but it seems more complex than it looks to make it work correctly

    The reverse proxy method is currently too expensive for me and technically too abstract

  • I know, I know,

    too bad… I just wanted to test this method but it seems more complex than it looks to make it work correctly

    The reverse proxy method is currently too expensive for me and technically too abstract

    @DownPW it’s your only realistic option at this stage.

  • Solved. Tuto here and here

  • DownPWundefined DownPW has marked this topic as solved on

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