Apache2 WebSockets reverse proxy on same URL

Question

How to configure Apache2 to proxy WebSocket connection (BrowserSync for example), if it\'s made on the same URL, with only difference being header \"Upgrade: websocket\" and

Answer 1

Thanks a lot to metalim! I publish the full configuration here for reference:

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerName example.org
    ServerAlias *.example.org
    ServerAdmin sysadmin@example.org
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} Upgrade [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]
    RewriteRule /(.*) ws://192.168.1.1/$1  [P,L]

    ProxyPass / http://192.168.1.1/ retry=1
    ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.1/

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/example.org.error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/example.org.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Answer 2

Answering myself.

Using RewriteEngine, hint given by this post, and WebSocket handshake specification:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} Upgrade [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]
RewriteRule /(.*) ws://127.0.0.1:3000/$1 [P,L]

ProxyRequests off
<Location />
    ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:3000/
    ProxyPassReverse /
</Location>