eBox query

d31b0y

Hi all, looking for someone with knowledge of eBox. The forums over at the eBox support site are fairly quiet so I thought I would try my luck here.

eBox forum post wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to setup a proxypass entry in the eBox apache module, but I'm not sure where I need to put the entry.

EG - I have proxypass entries setup currently setup for my regular apache install and I put the information into the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default that looks like this ...

Code:

ProxyPass /shellinabox/ http://localhost:4200/
ProxyPassReverse /shellinabox/ http://localhost:4200/


While the above is a bit of a workaround, it's completely unencrypted so I am wary using it.

I want to apply this to port 443 but since ebox apache module is currently listening on 443 I can't use my normal apache config.

For arguments sake, lets say that I only have access to ports 443 and 80. I have tried editing /var/lib/ebox/conf/apache2.conf but on once you restart the ebox apache service, this file gets rewritten.

So, anybody have any ideas?

Thanks for any helpo that you can give I'm gonna pop this onto the Ubuntu forums also.

niallb

What version are you using?
I'll be upgrading a test box to the 1.5 series early next week, so I can keep an eye out
in the proxy area for where those variables get turned into the apache2.conf.
If I know what version you're using, I can be more precise with telling you where it should go.
How do you find ebox day to day?

d31b0y

I'm working on 1.5. I found out that the apache.mas file found under /usr/share/ebox/stubs/ is what controls the apache.conf file for eBox, but editing that doesn't work for me either. I'm still trying a few different things, like setting up a new listen port for eBox and have my regular apache.conf file handle port 443 and redirects, but it's still causing me hassle.

I'm thinking I might just scrap eBox altogether and administer the box manually. It's turning out to be more hassle than what it's worth with regards to what I'll use it for. I only use it on my home network, with 2 user accounts so there is nothing to strenuous and certainly nothing that would be huge trouble doing from a terminal.

Anyway, thanks for the response. Let me know if you come across anything that might help me out.

niallb

Cool. Will do.
"Early next week" got redefined, but we're nearly there :-)
I'm more used to manually managing things, but I'm looking at ebox allowing me spread the load a bit.