[BlueOnyx:26675] Re: Web Site with URL /login

[Taco Scargo]

Hi Chris,

I understand where you are coming from with your VPN remark.
But a normal site admin (hosting customer) should not be bothered with setting up a VPN to just make a change or a user to change his/her password.

Some of my users sometimes complain they cannot connect to port 81 when on a very closed off network.

Opening up admserv on a site url is up to the person maintaining the BlueOnyx instance.
If you don’’t want that, don’t set it up.

It also would allow different admin hostnames for e.g. the reseller functionality.

Best regards,

Taco

> On 18 Dec 2023, at 15:14, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet via Blueonyx <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi Taco,
> 
>> Allowing to map a vsite to the admin url: I have tried to do this with reverse proxy, but unfortunately the admin ui still uses some hard links in various places, mostly to select https/81 http/444, whereas I think all links should be relative anyway. 
> I agree that relative links are preferred with almost any architecture.   Limited exceptions apply, of course.
> 
>> some enterprise and airport/hotel/airplaine wifi networks sometimes restrict port numbers.
>> This would allow e.g. creating an “admin.yoursite.com”  or something similar.
> Just a note on this:  VPN should be absolutely mandatory for sysadmin work.  I don't touch an asset without being either onnet or via VPN and often if remote, VPN to remote desktop on localnet.   I realize you're raising a bit of a different issue, but nobody should be relying on public wifi networks to manage (or restrict) your traffic.  
> 
> If you are properly secured behind a VPN then you will bypass many of the headaches you've mentioned.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> My request is to just get rid of the code that selects the port number and protocol.
>> Imho, that is not needed anymore.
> I disagree. 
> 
> Having the service on a different port keeps it gapped from the public-facing web services.   And that's fairly standard with the other control panels I'm familiar with that rely on their own http server (and therefore a unique port).   While that may present the occasional obstacle, the benefits outweigh the inconvenience.
> 
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