Question - Using Behind a Proxy

[vrenjith]

Hi,

This is not really a bug report, but a question about how to use this bot behind a proxy to reach the mattermost server.

-Renjith

[loafoe]

@vrenjith there is no support for this, unless the proxy is completely transparent.

[vicrem]

Hi,

I know that this is a +2 year thread but its always good for documentation and hopefully it helps someone else :)

This is how I managed to route traffic through socks5 and mattermost-client (which is used by matteruser).

You need to have mattermost-client installed: npm install -g mattermost-client
Same for socks-proxy-agent: npm install socks-proxy-agent

Edit: node_modules/mattermost-client/src/client.js

On top add following:
const SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent');
const socks_server = 'socks5://1.2.3.4:1234';
const endpoint = 'wss://url_to_mattermost/api/v4/websocket';

On line 254:
// Route through proxy / socks
var agent = new SocksProxyAgent(socks_server, options);
this.ws = new WebSocket(endpoint, {agent: agent})
//this.ws = new WebSocket(this.socketUrl, options);

//Victor