Setting up Reverse Proxy to local server using Virtualmin GUI

[GJSchaller]

OS type and version: Rocky Linux 9.2
Virtualmin version: 7.7

I have Virtualmin running on a Rocky Linux VM, exposed to the internet on my router. The VM is running on a TrueNAS server, which also has several other VMs / Jails on it from before I discovered Virtualmin.

Prior to Virtualmin, I had a simple Caddy server acting as a Reverse Proxy for the various Jails I had running. I’m in the process of moving off that setup, and would like to use Virtualmin to set up a handful of sites to act as those proxies instead. In particular, I’d like to serve up https://cloud.aiskon.net to point to a local server, http://10.0.0.242

Here’s the settings for the Proxy tab in Virtualmin, but when I browse to the site, I get the default Virtualmin page instead of any sort of Proxying:

I did look at the Bobcares page for proxying, but it doesn’t match the current version of Virtualmin, it seems. Any guidance on what I am missing?

Thank you!

[Joe]

Please do not try to follow any advice on the bobcares website. It is generally wildly wrong, either through malice or ignorance.

[GJSchaller]

Got it, thank you. I found the reference on the Virtualmin forums, if you want to make that warning there as well:

Reverse proxying 80/443 to different machine in local network

SYSTEM INFORMATION OS type and version Ubuntu Linux 20.04.4 Virtualmin version 7.0-4 Pro So hopefully i don’t triple post, but I’m wondering how can i make webmin handle reverse proxying towards a different machine within the network which could handle a different service. Let’s say i have a custom application which i want to be public facing via 80/443 but can’t run on the same host as webmin, is it possible to tell webmin to reverse proxy to another local IP?

[Joe]

I’ve edited that post to remove the link. I assume the bobcares website is blogspam, written by someone with little to no comprehension of what they’re writing…just sort of faking it. Every article about Virtualmin/Webmin I’ve seen there has been nonsense.