How to configure a host dashboard connects to?

[chimit]

I'm running WebSockets server on a separate sub-domain using nginx proxy (to avoid opening 6001 port and messing with SSL certificates). But the dashboard is still available under the main domain and it tries to connect to the main domain. I can only specify a port (which I have to change from 6001 to 443), but not a host. Is there any way to easily do that?

[rennokki]

Setting LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_PORT to the desired port: https://github.com/beyondcode/laravel-websockets/blob/master/config/websockets.php#L11

[chimit]

@rennokki I'm talking about the host, not port.

[rennokki]

According to this: https://github.com/beyondcode/laravel-websockets/blob/master/resources/views/dashboard.blade.php#L116 you should add a host key containing the host to connect to in the config: https://github.com/beyondcode/laravel-websockets/blob/master/config/websockets.php#L25-L34

[chimit]

Thanks! It works! But I feel there is some inconsistency here. If I want to specify the host and port for the dashboard I should use LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_PORT (websockets.dashboard.port) and add a new host param into my apps in websockets.php. So the dashboard port is a "global" param, but the dashboard host is an app-wide param. Isn't it more logical to add a new global host parameter? Something like this:

    /*
     * Set a custom dashboard configuration
     */
    'dashboard' => [
        'host' => env('LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_HOST', 'window.location.hostname'),
        'port' => env('LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_PORT', 6001),
    ],

And also make some cleaning in the .env:

PUSHER_APP_ID=XXX
PUSHER_APP_KEY=XXX
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=XXX

LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_HOST=your-ws-server.com
LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_PORT=443

MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
MIX_PUSHER_HOST="${LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_HOST}"
MIX_PUSHER_PORT="${LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_PORT}"
MIX_PUSHER_FORCE_TLS=false

I also defined a few optional env params for myself, so everything is configurable from the .env:

LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_BROADCASTING_HOST=127.0.0.1
LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_BROADCASTING_PORT=6001
LARAVEL_WEBSOCKETS_BROADCASTING_SCHEME=http

[rennokki]

I marked this as enhancement and will change it asap.