Can Plausible be used with Apache reverse proxy?

[TheNomad11]

Say, I already have Apache running as a service om my VPS. Can I still use Plausible (with docker)? In the documentation I only see reverse proxy examples with Caddy and Nginx. Thanks a lot!

[Vigasaurus]

Plausible can indeed run through Apache as well, examples are just only provided for Nginx and caddy. See: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-apache-http-server-as-reverse-proxy-using-mod_proxy-extension for how to do so (not specific, but basic instructions apply).

[ukutaht]

Sure, go ahead! The only reason we don't have docs for Apache is that I've only ever used Nginx and Caddy myself. If you do find the right config for Apache, I'd love to have the instructions contributed back to our documentation.

[Philipinho]

How to set up Apache reverse proxy for Plausible Analytics.

This is for Ubuntu but should easily be adapted for any other OS.

Note: replace plausible.example.com with your desired domain.

1. Enable the necessary modules
   sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_http proxy_ajp remoteip headers

2. Restart apache
   sudo systemctl restart apache2

3. Create a virtual host block for your domain
   sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/plausible.example.com.conf

4. Add the following configurations to the newly created virtual host file.

   <VirtualHost *:80>
   
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName plausible.example.com
   
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8000/
   
    SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-For "^.*\..*\..*\..*" forwarded
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" forwarded
   
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined env=!forwarded
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log forwarded env=forwarded
       
   </VirtualHost>
   

5. Enable the virtual host block
   sudo a2ensite plausible.example.com.conf

6. Restart apache
   sudo systemctl restart apache2

That is all.

[TheNomad11]

Thanks a lot. Will try it later!

[ukutaht]

Awesome, thanks! No pressure but it would be very helpful to add it to our hosting repo for future reference: https://github.com/plausible/hosting/tree/master/reverse-proxy