TW behind SSL proxy

[David Szego]

Hi all, I started this to ask for help debugging a 405 error, but seems I've fixed it so here's a recipe for putting Node.js behind an Apache SSL proxy...

i.e. https://tiddlywiki.yourserver.com/  --> http://127.0.0.1:8000

This is what I have in my 000-default-ssl.conf (although it can go in any enabled site conf file):

<VirtualHost *:443>

        ServerName tiddlywiki.yourserver.com
        ServerAlias yourserver.com

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        <Proxy *>
          Order Deny,Allow
          Require all granted (This line for Apache 2.4)
          Allow access all (This line for Apache 2.2)
        </Proxy>

        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} !^${TW5USER}$
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD|PUT|DELETE|POST)
        RewriteRule .* - [R=405,L]

        Header merge Cache-Control no-cache
        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"

        AllowEncodedSlashes On
        AllowCONNECT 443 8000 (This might not be necessary, specify the port Node is using)
        ProxyRequests On
        ProxyPass "/" "http://127.0.0.1:8000/" (Specify your IP and the port Node is using)
        ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://127.0.0.1:8000" (Specify your IP and the port Node is using)
        ProxyVia On (This might not be necessary)
        ProxyPreserveHost On

SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/yourcert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/yourprivkey.pem

</VirtualHost>

Enjoy. Good luck.