Configuring a Reverse Proxy

This guide explains how to set up a reverse proxy with MySpeed using apache or nginx.

Why use a reverse proxy?

In this case we use a reverse proxy as an intermediate layer between you and MySpeed. This has the advantage that you don't have to call MySpeed via a port, but via a normal domain.

Installation

If you already have a reverse proxy installed, you can skip this step. Which of the two reverse proxies you want to use is up to you. However, we recommend nginx for this guide.

nginxapache

sudo apt-get install nginx -y

sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

Configuring MySpeed

This section explains how to connect MySpeed to your reverse proxy. Again, select here which reverse proxy you used.

nginxapache

Now create a file named myspeed.conf under /etc/nginx/sites-available. Here we use nano

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/myspeed.conf

Now add the following content to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name your-domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:5216;
    }
}

Now you just have to activate the file and restart the reverse proxy.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myspeed.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myspeed.conf
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Now create a file named myspeed.conf under /etc/apache2/sites-available. Here we use nano

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/myspeed.conf

Now add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com

    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:5216/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:5216/
</VirtualHost>

Now enable the mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http modules.

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http

Now you just have to activate the file and restart the reverse proxy.

sudo a2ensite myspeed.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Configuring an SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt

This section explains how to set up an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt for MySpeed.

Are you using Cloudflare?

If you use Cloudflare and don't want to set up an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt, you can just use the simply activate the Cloudflare proxy function. This is sufficient in most cases. If you decide to use the Cloudflare proxy, you can skip this section.

nginxapache

First you need to install certbot. For this we use apt.

sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y

Now you need to run Certbot and specify the domain you want to set up the certificate for.

sudo certbot --nginx -d your-domain.com

First you need to install certbot. For this we use apt.

sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-apache -y

Now you need to run Certbot and specify the domain you want to set up the certificate for.

sudo certbot --apache -d your-domain.com