# \[OH3\] Reverse proxy to subdirectory **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation\ **Created:** [January 18, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610 "2021-01-18T11:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/andreapier/32/97002_2.png) [@andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/u/andreapier)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610/1 "2021-01-18T11:16:40Z")
- Platform information: - Hardware: aarch64/4GB/64GB - OS: Manjaro - Java Runtime Environment: java 11 - openHAB version: 3.0 - Issue of the topic: Run openhab in a subdirectory in nginx reverse proxy - Please post configurations (if applicable): - Items configuration related to the issue: none - Sitemap configuration related to the issue: none - Rules code related to the issue: none - Services configuration related to the issue: none - If logs where generated please post these here using code fences: none Hi, Did someone manage to run openhab 3.0 in a subfolder in nginx reverse proxy mode? I’d like to run in [http://myserver/smarthome](http://myserver/smarthome), ideally it should be as easy as configuring nginx as: ``` location /smarthome { return 301 $scheme://$host/smarthome/; } location /smarthome/ { proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/; proxy_buffering off; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; } ``` However this is not working. If I navigate to [http://myserver/smarthome](http://myserver/smarthome) i can only see a blank page. Network pane shows the following: ![immagine](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/1/11f8ddbff0bc39f1eb1ad3ce68c1c6bb932a04c4.png) I remember having a slightly different configuration for BasicUI in OH2, which works a little better, but still unusable: ``` location /smarthome { return 301 $scheme://$host/smarthome/; } location /smarthome/ { proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/; proxy_buffering off; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade"; sub_filter_types application/javascript text/xml text/css text/javascript application/json text/plain; sub_filter_once off; sub_filter '/rest/' '/smarthome/rest/'; sub_filter '"/icon/' '"/smarthome/icon/'; sub_filter '"/basicui/' '"/smarthome/basicui/'; } ``` The result is this, all requests complete with HTTP status 200, but it doesn’t work yet: ![immagine](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/5/a55af71e4ca4785b27a19c2a9b0a8f5226f4e3d2.png) Any idea on how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610/2 "2021-01-18T18:37:08Z")
Compared to your OH2 configuration this one ( [Nginx as reverse proxy for OH2 at non-root location - #8 by evertramos](https://community.openhab.org/t/nginx-as-reverse-proxy-for-oh2-at-non-root-location/22539/8) ) has a slightly different "proxy\_set\_header Host " entry. In post 12 in that thread configuration for paperui is mentioned. I did not test but hopes it helps in your case. ---
**Author:** ![andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/andreapier/32/97002_2.png) [@andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/u/andreapier)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610/3 "2021-01-20T16:29:43Z")
I don’t see any configuration where paper ui was confirmed working… Also, that thread has only 11 posts… what do you mean by post 12? The difference in host header is a test I made. Using `$host/smarhome` is even worse than `$host` ---
**Author:** ![andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/andreapier/32/97002_2.png) [@andreapier](https://community.openhab.org/u/andreapier)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610/4 "2021-01-23T11:01:54Z")
After messing around and wasting many hours I ended up thinking this is not possible in OH3. I will use a subdomain even if this is not what I wanted to do. ---
**Author:** ![billfor](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@billfor](https://community.openhab.org/u/billfor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-reverse-proxy-to-subdirectory/114610/5 "2021-02-01T04:21:19Z")
Read this post, for basicUI and the REST API in OH3. It works fine for me. I don’t need the mainUI at this point though, so you might have to do some additional tweaking. > [@Openhab on Tesla Browser](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-on-tesla-browser/108346/2): > > OK I guess not slight_smile Here’s my working nginx configuration making openhab available at [https://yourdomain/openhab-tesla](https://yourdomain/openhab-tesla) via VouchProxy, while retaining BasicAuth at [https://yourdomain/openhab](https://yourdomain/openhab). This way I can use it in my car, and still keep the ios/android apps working. If anyone improves upon it or has an easier way, it would be great to know, especially if something in openhab3 obviates this. [vouch-openhab.txt](https://community.openhab.org/uploads/short-url/pADUWwlKFwpvTVMgWOWcp4hEaCa.txt) (6.8 KB)