Hi events login with reverse proxy doesn't work

[humaun21]

Dear Support,
I was trying install local container (e.g lxc debian container [192.168.1.22]) instead of docker and following this guideline

my front end .env

VITE_API_URL_CLIENT=http://localhost:8000
VITE_API_URL_SERVER=http://localhost:8000
VITE_FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5678
VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_XXXXXXXXand so on...

yarn start --host 0.0.0.0

and back end .env

APP_URL=http://localhost
APP_PORT=8000
APP_FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5678
APP_CDN_URL=http://localhost:8000/storage

php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0

with this setup, i am able to login, signup, so everything works as expected from localhost.

http://192.168.1.22:5678/auth/login
or
http://localhost:5678/auth/login

However, when i am trying to proxy pass to make it public with apache from the host machine (210.50.87.220) with the following setup

    ServerName 210.50.87.220

    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "http"
    RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Port "8000"
    RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Host "210.50.87.220"
    RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-For "%{REMOTE_ADDR}s"

    ProxyPass /api http://192.168.1.22:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse /api http://192.168.1.22:8000/
    ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain 192.168.1.22 210.50.87.220
    ProxyPassReverseCookiePath / /

    ProxyPass / http://192.168.1.22:5678/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.22:5678/

and try to access
http://210.50.87.220/api shows -> Congratulations 🎉 If you're seeing this Hi.Events API is running
However, http://210.50.87.220/auth/login
reports 'Please check your email and password and try again'
and in the browser console, i get

GET http://localhost:8000/users/me net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
POST http://localhost:8000/auth/login net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

It also doesn't work , if i replace the front end .env as well as backend .env with ip 210.50.87.220

VITE_API_URL_CLIENT=http://210.50.87.220
VITE_API_URL_SERVER=http://210.50.87.220
VITE_FRONTEND_URL=http://210.50.87.220

listening port 
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:8000            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      105021/php8.2
tcp6       0      0 :::5355                 :::*                    LISTEN      -

What can i do to accept the proxy along with localhost?

[daveearley]

Hi @humaun21 👋

Thanks for trying out Hi.Events - really appreciate you giving it a spin!

We don't have much experience with Apache in our setup, so unfortunately we can't offer deep support for Apache-specific configurations.

That said, your issue looks like the frontend is trying to reach localhost:8000, which won't work when accessed from an external browser - it needs to be the public IP or domain. Here's what to check:

Frontend .env configuration:
Based on your Apache proxy setup where /api routes to the backend, try:

VITE_API_URL_CLIENT=http://210.50.87.220/api
VITE_API_URL_SERVER=http://210.50.87.220/api
VITE_FRONTEND_URL=http://210.50.87.220

Backend .env configuration:

APP_URL=http://210.50.87.220
APP_FRONTEND_URL=http://210.50.87.220
APP_CDN_URL=http://210.50.87.220/storage