Stupid goaccess reverse proxy websocket port trick

Setting up live goaccess behind a reverse proxy has an arcane and stupid trick. In order to get your browser to stop trying to connect your websocket to wss://whatever.com:7890/ws where port 7890 is both nonsense (your reverse proxy is not listening there) and insecure (your browser doesn’t want to deal with this port), you must define your config to explicitly use the port it should already be using, 80 or 443 depending on ws or wss. ...

December 9, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · theelous3

How to set up FoundryVTT on a filthy cheap server, for noobs.

Last updated: 2025/12/05 Info What do I need to know about servers / code to get through this guide? Absolutely nothing! Wahoo! What will I have at the end of this tutorial? You will have a Foundry server running on a remote system that will always be on. You’ll have secure HTTPS for your connection. It will be a very basic setup. Your certificate will optionally be self-signed and probably scary looking the first time you connect, but perfectly good to use for years (Step nine(a)). Alternatively, if you have a domain, we can set up a proper HTTPS site that will get rid of the self signing warning (Step nine(b)). ...

July 3, 2020 · 12 min · 2502 words · theelous3