Cannot run from custom root path

[pengc99]

Trying to setup a Traccar instance on my Apache2 server - I can not use the root location for the application, and the application must run from either port 80 or 443 (HTTP or HTTPS).

I have read the instructions on how to setup with an HTTPS reverse proxy using Apache2, but this assumes using the default root path.

I'm trying to run the application from another root path, such as /traccar

Attempting to use /traccar in the ReverseProxy configuration results in numerous 404 errors. Digging through the source code, I could not find any configuration to set the root path as the application assumes it is running from /

[pengc99]

https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/9.3.x/configuring-contexts.html

This might have more information on setting a contextpath

[tananaev]

Traccar is not a web app. It's a system service. Can you run those?

[pengc99]

Yes, I can get it all to run perfectly from the root path, just not a custom contextpath

[tananaev]

You might need to modify some paths. For example here:

https://github.com/tananaev/traccar/blob/master/web/app/store/AllDevices.js#L23

Alternatively you can keep /api at the top level. I think it should work that way.

[pengc99]

Yes I think /api can be the same because it's just for the websocket right? I only intend to have one websocket application. Let me try that out and see how it works.

[tananaev]

It's for WebSockets and REST API.

[pengc99]

I was able to get it to work with the following apache2 configuration:

    # Proxy section for Traccar API
    <Location /api>
    ProxyPass http://localhost:8082/api
    ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8082/api
    </Location>

    # Proxy section for Traccar API websocket
    <Location /api/socket>
    # Reverse Proxy
    ProxyPass ws://localhost:8082/api/socket
    ProxyPassReverse ws://localhost:8082/api/socket
    </Location>

    # Proxy section for Traccar
    <Location /traccar>
    ProxyPass http://localhost:8082/traccar
    ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8082/traccar
    </Location>

I then had to move everything in the web directory to /traccar

I also needed to edit locale.js and edit line 72 to add the new path:

    url: '/traccar/l10n/' + Locale.language + '.json',

This allows the application to load at my domain name as:
http://mydomainname/traccar

[tananaev]

Thanks for sharing the info.