Reverse Proxy to Oracle ORDS & APEX with Caddy

Reverse Proxy to Oracle ORDS & APEX with Caddy

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Matt Mulvaney
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Problem: We have our APEX running on a URL like 1.1.1.1:8023/ords and our browser thinks it's insecure and we cannot benefit from the browser features like camera, location, and notifications.

Solution: using Docker & Caddy we can easily reverse proxy to it

  1. On your local machine... with Docker installed Pull Caddy

     docker pull caddy

  2. Create a Caddyfile on c:\1 (or similar). The filename must be named exactly like this

     Caddyfile

  3. In your Caddyfile paste the below three-lines of text, but change the IP address to the IP of your box.

     http://localhost:9000

 reverse_proxy http://1.1.1.1:8023

  4. Now run a container

     docker run -d --name caddy -p 8999:80 -p 9000:9000 -v c:\1\Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile caddy

  5. Now check out your APEX page on this URL

     http://localhost:9000/ords/

    Now the settings are unlocked

  6. ENJOY

  7. Helper commands

     # Start Container
 docker start caddy
 # Stop Container
 docker stop caddy
 # Remove Container
 docker rm caddy
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