How to run IPython behind an Apache proxy

Question

I would like to run an IPython notebook web server behind an Apache (reverse) proxy so that instead of the URL

https://my.server:XXXX

(where XXX

Answer 1

I got this working using the following setup.

IPython

IPython Notebook is listening at http://localhost:8888/ipython. It was necessary to add the /ipython prefix, because IPython uses absolute paths, so it must be the same as the reverse proxied path.

The ipython_notebook_config.py

c = get_config()
c.NotebookApp.ip = 'localhost'
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
c.NotebookApp.port = 8888
c.NotebookApp.base_url = '/ipython'

Apache

I enabled

• mod_proxy
• mod_proxy_http
• mod_proxy_wstunnel

In the apache config I added

ProxyPass        http://localhost:8888/ipython
ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8888/ipython
ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain localhost my.server.com
RequestHeader set Origin "http://localhost:8888"



ProxyPass        ws://localhost:8888/ipython/api/kernels/
ProxyPassReverse ws://localhost:8888/ipython/api/kernels/

to an SSL enabled virtual host definition.

The RequestHeader set Origin "http://localhost:8888" was necessary for the websockets, otherwise you get a 403 Forbidden.

Now IPython is reachable at https://my.server.com/ipython (no trailing /!).