The port number is showing in the URL bar. Can it be hidden?

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Hi, community members.

I can access my Nextcloud if I type sample.domain.com:444. Sure, that works fine. It will lead me to the site. However, once in there, the URL bar shows the number 444. Is that normal? Is it always like that? I was expecting that it will be hidden. If that isn’t normal behaviour, what should I do to hide it? Is it something I shouldn’t be worried about?

Thank you in advance.

#2

http default is 80
https default is 443

only then you can miss the port number in the url.

#3

@curtsareda you can hide the port by using a reverse proxy.

#4

yes, but with reverse proxy you only map 80/443 e.g. to 444.

#5

Hi, Mageunic,

Yes, I do use the reverse proxy because my Nextcloud is a snap installation and I have other websites in the same server.

My virtual host configuration below:

For nextcloud snap

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName subdomain.domain.com
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =subdomain.domain.com
RewriteRule / https://subdomain.domain.com:444 [END,R]
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:81/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:81/

How can I stop the :444 port from showing in my url bar? Is there a way?

#6

@curtsareda I don’t understand why you have these lines:

RewriteRule / https://subdomain.domain.com:444 [END,R]

ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:81/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:81/

which port do you use to connect to your nextcloud in LAN ( 444 or 81 ?) ?

#7

I think it goes through port 81 first on very first connect, then within snap it gets converted to 444. But, that’s just my guess. I placed the RewriteRule in there so that when I type subdomain.domain.com it would go directly to 444 without having to go through 81.

I’m a newbie though, so yeah, please tell me if this is wrong and what should I do?

#8

@curtsareda ok so I think you have to delete this line :

RewriteRule / https://subdomain.domain.com:444 [END,R]

and modify your proxy lines to get this :

ProxyPass / https://127.0.0.1:444/
ProxyPassReverse / https://127.0.0.1:444/

and add this line :

RemoteIPHeader X-Forwarded-For

(this line is for nextcloud sees the ip of the client requesting access and not the ip of your reverse proxy which in your case is 127.0.0.1 => internal ip)

after that , do this command: sudo a2enmod remoteip and restart apache

#9

@Mageunic Hello. Thank you for your advice. However, after doing that, the port number 444 still appears in the URL bar.

#10

You have to add the listener under port 443, and then forward to port 444.

#11

@curtsareda have you delete the cookies of your subdomain on your web page?