Working with DataTables for the first time I was having some issues with the UI. The search textbox was not allowing the user the backspace. They were able to select the text and use the delete key to clear it out, but it almost felt like there was a script capturing and suppressing the backspace key press. Upon closer inspection the “type” of the input was “Search”. According to w3schools (and Visual Studio’s Intellisense) this was valid HTML. The example of their site worked as well. Perhaps it had something to do with the other scripts running on the page, or possibly the Bootstrap library addon for DataTables? Changing the type to “Text” fixed the issue. I found an easy workaround here until I can fix the root of the problem.
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Proxying Apache Connections to Multiple Applications
I was having issues getting Apache working with Plex, OwnCloud, and SyncThing at the same time on a new server. I wanted to have a reverse proxy set up, so instead of
http://server.com:32400/web/index.html http://server.com:8384/syncthing/ http://server.com/owncloud
I could have
http://server.com/ http://server.com/syncthing http://server.com/owncloud
Apache’s reverse proxy functionality caters to this need.
Each app gets its own ProxyPass, telling Apache what to do with incoming requests.
SyncThing didn’t like operating without a trailing slash in the URL, so a rewrite rule was created to do this for the user.
OwnCloud, since it doesn’t require operating on a separate port, simply goes around the proxy.
Everything else falls into the catchall, which redirects the user to Plex.
#redirect everything to SSL
<VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName server.com
#SSL configuration
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/intermediate.crt
#begin the proxying
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
#let owncloud pass straight through
ProxyPass /owncloud !
#syncthing doesn't work without a trailing slash in browser URL
RewriteRule ^/syncthing$ /syncthing/ [R]
ProxyPass /syncthing/ http://127.0.0.1:8384/
ProxyPassReverse /syncthing/ http://127.0.0.1:8384/
#default go to plex
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:32400/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:32400/
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/web
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Plex-Device} ^$
RewriteRule ^/$ /web/$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>