Re: maskWanPort

Thanks Joe.

This clears everything up.


--- In [email protected], "Joe Panico" <pixory@y...> wrote:
> I'll just add that the only hardcoded URLs are in the email invites.
> In the invites, the "web context" (host:port) comes from the 'wan
> hostname' and 'mask wan port' fields in the advanced config.
> 
> regards,
> 
> joe
> 
> --- In [email protected], joe panico <pixory@y...> wrote:
> > Dan,
> > 
> > 'Mask wan port' is there to support port
> > mapping by proxies/gateways/routers. For instance, my
> > Dynamic DNS provider
> > (Dynu.com) can map certain URLs to certain ports on
> > my lan. So it's possible, if the moon is in the right
> > alignment, for me to send out Pixory invitations that
> > do _not_ contain a port number, even though Pixory is
> > running on 8081.
> > 
> > instead of http://yyy.yyy.yyy:8081
> > just http://yyy.yyy.yyy
> > 
> > The 'mask wan port' selection affects _only_ the urls
> > that appear in the email invitations: nothing else.
> > 
> > > I have this half working with mod_proxy but albums
> > > seem to embed 
> > > http://localhost:8081 in a lot of the navigation.
> > 
> > Pixory doesn't hard code the "web context"
> > (http://hostname:port)-- it should always use the "web
> > context" of the requesting URL. So if your guest
> > arrives at Pixory (via a proxy) with URL
> > http://yourhost, then all of the navigation should be
> > based on that context, and not some other hardcoded
> > context. Of course, if you proxy is _rewriting_ the
> > URLs, then that's a different story. The important
> > thing is the request URL that shows up to the Pixory
> > web application.
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > --- Dan Durkin <durkin@m...> wrote:
> > > What's the expected  behavior of maskWanPort?
> > > 
> > > or, if this is documented, please point me to it.
> > > 
> > > I'm looking to set up pixory running on some port
> > > and either forward requests 
> > > from a gateway router or apache.
> > > 
> > > I was hoping to set up apache on port 80 and forward
> > > requests to pixory.
> > > 
> > > I have this half working with mod_proxy but albums
> > > seem to embed 
> > > http://localhost:8081 in a lot of the navigation.
> > > 
> > > I was hoping to set up several pixory instances and
> > > setup apache with several 
> > > virtual hosts doing forwarding to the correct pixory
> > > instances based on the 
> > > virtual host or url pattern.
> > > 
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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