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Configure a Proxy

It is sometimes useful to front Go with a proxy server. In this section, we give you some tips and examples on how to achieve this.

Go with Apache

An example of how to configure Go with Apache is shown below.

Assumptions:

  • You have Apache with mod_proxy installed
  • The Apache server sits on the same machine as the Go server (localhost)
  • You want to enforce SSL connections
Listen nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:80
NameVirtualHost nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:80

<VirtualHost nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:80>
    ServerName go.yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    SSLProxyEngine on
    SSLEngine on
    ProxyPass / https://localhost:8154/
    ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:8154/
</VirtualHost>

OAuth 2.0 with Apache

If you have set up Go to use OAuth 2.0 gadgets and Go is fronted with an Apache server, then you have to set X_FORWARDED_PROTO to "https" in the https virtual host configuration section. 

RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTO 'https'

This directive can replace HTTP request headers. The header is modified just before the content handler is run, allowing incoming headers to be changed to 'https'.

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