# Setting Up Cells on Subdomain with Apache on Ubuntu 22.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** Pydio Cells\ **Tags:** install\ **Created:** [June 13, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915 "2024-06-13T11:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/1 "2024-06-13T11:16:41Z")
### Describe your issue in detail I am trying to set up Cells to work on a subdomain ([cells.example.com](http://cells.example.com)). I am used to setting up a vhost file that redirects requests for the subdomain to the port on which an app operates, but have not found success trying this with Cells. I would appreciate any guidance on this front. ### What version of Cells are you using? `Pydio Cells Home Edition Version: 4.4.2 Built: 04 Jun 24 11:49 +0000 Git commit: 370fe5acdad840eaad6f327d2fde210525c14735 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Go version: go1.21.10` ### What is the server OS? Database name/version? Browser name or mobile device description (if issue appears client-side)? `Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-112-generic x86_64)` `mariadb Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.6.16-MariaDB` ### What steps have you taken to resolve this issue already? I have set up a vhost file pointing requests for the desired subdomain to port 8080. Thank you kindly in advance for your time and attention. ---
**Author:** ![bsinou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/bsinou/32/476_2.png) [@bsinou](https://forum.pydio.com/u/bsinou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/2 "2024-06-14T16:11:55Z")
Hi, That’s a setup that we widely test and use in production (with various reverse proxies, e.g Apache, Caddy, Nginx…) with no problem: it works! That said, you have to configure Cells and your proxy accordingly: did you follow the instruction from this page: [Pydio | Running Cells behind an Apache reverse proxy](https://pydio.com/en/docs/kb/deployment/running-cells-behind-apache-reverse-proxy) If it still doesn’t work, can you please provide more details and the error you see in Apache and in Cells ? ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/3 "2024-06-17T01:53:55Z")
Hello, and thank you for your reply, I apologize for my belated response. I somehow missed that page in my searches, but after following it (using the recommended settings regarding `localhost`, &c.), visiting the subdomain yields a blank page with the singular message: `Client sent an HTTP request to an HTTPS server.` This happens even when I explicitly type `https://` into the URL field. The relevant error from `/var/log/apache2/error.log` is: `[Mon Jun 17 02:08:22.418560 2024] [proxy_http:error] [pid 167196:tid 140379143738944] (104)Connection reset by peer: [client REDACTED] AH01110: error reading response` ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/4 "2024-06-17T02:25:53Z")
Actually, with the `localhost` config, Cells froze on startup. I had to kill the process. ```auto ************************************************************ ✗ Error while starting discovery server: ✗ server.Start grpc: listen tcp 127.0.0.1:8030: bind: address already in use ✗ FATAL : shutting down now! ************************************************************ Error: no discovery server ``` I have no idea where 8030 is coming from. Changing the relevant fields to `127.0.0.1` in vhost and config allows Cells to start, but does not change the error in the browser. ---
**Author:** ![bsinou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/bsinou/32/476_2.png) [@bsinou](https://forum.pydio.com/u/bsinou)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/5 "2024-06-17T07:28:49Z")
Could you please provides the results of the `cells configure sites` command and your Apache configuration file ? From what you describe, it seems that you are missing something. ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/6 "2024-06-17T08:20:52Z")
`cells configure sites`: ```auto The following sites are currently defined: +---+------------------------+-------------+----------------------------------+ | # | BIND(S) | TLS | EXTERNAL URL | +---+------------------------+-------------+----------------------------------+ | 0 | https://127.0.0.1:8080 | Self-signed | https://cells.my.site | +---+------------------------+-------------+----------------------------------+ ``` `/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/cells.my.site.conf`: ```auto ServerName cells.my.site ServerAlias www.cells.my.site RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =cells.my.site RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] ServerName cells.my.site AllowEncodedSlashes On RewriteEngine On SSLProxyEngine On ## The order of the directives matters. # If Cells is not running with https, consider using ws instead of wss ProxyPassMatch "/ws/(.*)" wss://127.0.0.1:8080/ws/$1 nocanon ## This rewrite condition is required if using Cells-Sync # RewriteCond %{HTTP:Content-Type} =application/grpc [NC] # RewriteRule /(.*) h2://127.0.0.1:8080/$1 [P,L] ProxyPass "/" "https://127.0.0.1:8080/" ProxyPassReverse "/" "https://127.0.0.1:8080/" ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/cells.my.site/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/cells.my.site/privkey.pem Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf ``` ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/7 "2024-06-18T12:49:22Z")
Anything jumping out? ---
**Author:** ![bsinou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/bsinou/32/476_2.png) [@bsinou](https://forum.pydio.com/u/bsinou)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/8 "2024-06-19T07:56:51Z")
Hi, It seems you lack the directives to authorize Apache to accept the Cells self-signed certificate: ```auto SSLProxyEngine On SSLProxyVerify None SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off SSLProxyCheckPeerName Off` ``` You should also add `nocanon` at the end of these 2 lines: ```auto ProxyPass "/" "https://127.0.0.1:8080/" ProxyPassReverse "/" "https://127.0.0.1:8080/" ``` ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/9 "2024-06-19T08:52:20Z")
Hello again, and thank you always for your help. I pulled that conf file’s contents straight from the documentation, only changing the relevant info. What would be different for me that I have to add extra things? ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/10 "2024-06-21T21:28:10Z")
> [@bsinou](#): > > ```auto > SSLProxyEngine On > SSLProxyVerify None > SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off > SSLProxyCheckPeerName Off > ... > > ``` These changes do not have any visible effect. ---
**Author:** ![pypypypypypypy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pypypypypypypy](https://forum.pydio.com/u/pypypypypypypy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/setting-up-cells-on-subdomain-with-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04/5915/11 "2024-06-22T08:06:52Z")
Using `cells configure sites` to change to using a custom certificate (using a certificate generated by `certbot`) yields a 503 page with the following content: ```auto Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) Server at cells.my.site Port 443 ``` ---
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