To avoid exposing an additional port, AppServer port 2880, you can configure Apache HTTP Server to act as a reverse proxy

1. Enable mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http modules using a2enmod script within Apache configuration. 

a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_http

2. Find and open for editing WebSpellChecker config (2_WebInterface.conf) for Apache. 

  • File location on Linux-based environments: /etc/apache2/conf-available/2_WebInterface.conf
/etc/apache2/conf-available# nano 2_WebInterface.conf

3. At the very top or end of the file, add ProxyPass with the path to the application server (AppServer).

ProxyPass "/wscservice/api" "http://localhost:2880"
...

4. Save file and restart Apache.

service apache2 restart

5. In your browser, check version and status of the AppServer to verify if it works properly.

Check the version: https://localhost/wscservice/api?cmd=ver

Check the status: https://localhost/wscservice/api?cmd=status

Or in terminal using wget or curl commands.

Since AppServer responds in json, it's better to use curl as wget will suggest downloading a file.

/opt/WSC# curl https://localhost/wscservice/api?cmd=status --insecure

{
    "SpellCheckEngine": {
        "active": true
    },
    "GrammarCheckEngine": {
        "active": true
    },
    "ThesaurusEngine": {
        "active": true
    }
}


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