https://ficsit-rmd.vercel.app/ doesn't work for remote dedicated server

[mklierman]

I've configured my session on https://ficsit-rmd.vercel.app/ to use the remote IP but it says it can't connect. If I run the dashboard locally on my machine I can connect to the remote IP, however.

[Aiglenoir77]

Hello, i have se same probleme with Mklierman with my dedicated server

[Jonathan-Hofmann]

Hey @mklierman and @Aiglenoir77 thanks for submitting the issue!

I will have a look at the issue! Sadly I cannot fix it in the near future as I dont have much time right now :/

When I have time again I will try to fix this bug :)

[demonbane]

The problem is that most browsers will not allow a connection from a secure page to an insecure one by default (except for local connections). Since we're connecting to ficsit-rmd over HTTPS, any connection to FRM would need to be HTTPS as well which doesn't work. There are a few different workarounds available.

1. Easiest: Just allow insecure connections from ficsit-rmd.vercel.app in your browser. In Chrome-based browsers, click the padlock in the address bar, go to Site settings, Insecure content, and set it to Allow.
2. If you can establish an SSH connection to the remote server, you can just forward the remote port to your local machine so that you'll still be connecting to "127.0.0.1" technically, which will work around the browser restriction.
3. You can set up a reverse proxy secured with an SSL certificate and point it to FRM and then it should work.

[demonbane]

Actually, option 3 wouldn't work since ficsit-rmd doesn't support changing the protocol, so it would still be trying an HTTP connection anyway. If that could be added then a reverse proxy would be a viable (and mostly secure) solution.