Access the web interface without typing HTTPS

[a_boudi]

I recently installed proxmox 5, and all is working great.

I only have a little problem with http and port 80. I want to have access to the web-gui without having to type "https" before the URL. So, how can I redirect "http" requests to "https"?
The solutions I found are using the apache's rewriting engine, but since version 3, proxmox is using pveproxy instead of apache.

 

[t.lamprecht]

I recently installed proxmox 5, and all is working great.

I only have a little problem with http and port 80. I want to have access to the web-gui without having to type "https" before the URL. So, how can I redirect "http" requests to "https"?
The solutions I found are using the apache's rewriting engine, but since version 3, proxmox is using pveproxy instead of apache.

You could add a rewrite rule which redirects you from port 80 http to port 8006 https.
This can be done with most Webservers, Apache too. I'd do it with nginx as it is a tad more lightweight (and I like it just more, to be honest ).

An example nginx config entry for this redirect would look like:

server {
   listen 80;
   return 301 https://$host:8006;
}

I.e. a server which listens on default port 80 and returns a permanently moved to the PVE interface address where then pveproxy takes over.
This is one of the most simplest and easiest way I could think of.

Maybe take also a look at: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Web_Interface_Via_Nginx_Proxy