Using Flood behind a reverse proxy

In order to use Flood behind a reverse proxy, you must be sure to forward all requests to Flood's node server.

Served from a nested route

Often people want to expose multiple web applications with a single nginx config. This is possible using Flood's baseURI option and nginx's proxy_pass.

In the following configuration example, let's assume Flood is running at 127.0.0.1:3000, and that you would like to serve Flood from nested route /flood (e.g. https://some-domain.com/flood).

Your nginx config should contain these rules:

location /flood/ {
  proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
}

Your Flood config should contain the following value:

baseURI: '/flood'

Note: You must recompile static assets after changing the baseURI configuration option.

Served from the root

Now, let's assume Flood is running at 127.0.0.1:3000, and that you would like to serve Flood from the root (e.g. https://some-domain.com).

Your nginx config should contain these rules:

location / {
  proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
}

And your Flood config should contain the following values:

baseURI: '/'