cannot run node-red-docker behind nginx docker with virtual directory.

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, nginx
Domain
devops, infrastructure

Research direction

Start by reproducing the setup with the listed Ubuntu, Docker, Node-RED, and nginx versions, then inspect the nginx server configuration and the settings.js options mentioned. The issue is resolved when the Node-RED interface and its static references load correctly through the /form virtual directory.

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Description

What are the steps to reproduce?

install:

  1. ubuntu 20.04 desktop
  2. docker-ce 19.03.12
  3. node-red 1.0.6 (from latest docker)
  4. nginx docker
  5. launch a virtual directory named "form" and set proxy_pass to node-red container in nginx conf file.
What happens?

proxy_pass may work, but some static reference library cannot be located correctly.
image

I had tried to modify httpAdminRoot, httpNodeRoot, httpRoot, httpStatic in settings.js, seems not the correct setting item for this case.

nginx setting
upstream form {
  server form:1880;  <-- node-red container
}

server {
...
  location ~ ^/form(/?)(.*) {
    proxy_pass http://form/$2;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    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 $scheme;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
  }

  location / {
    ...  <- run other pages here.
  }
}
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