Introduction

It is possible to use Xpra from behind a Nginx proxy using the HTML5 Client.

Example

Start xpra with the following command:-

xpra start :100 --start-child=xterm --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:10010

Add the following lines to your nginx configuration within a server block:-

server {
  listen        443 ssl http2;
  listen        [::]:443 ssl http2;
  server_name   www.example.com;

  location ^~ /xpra/ {
    proxy_pass       http://127.0.0.1:10010/;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
  }

Make sure to reload the server to update the configuration.

The final step is to create the connection page. You can use the default page as a base. Look for the line:-

  var server = [...]

and replace it with the line:-

  var server = "www.example.com/xpra/"