Changing Base URL of Stash doesn't seem to work

[Jim Leary]

I modified the base URL of my Stash instance to http://myserver.mydomain.com/stash, and have nginx redirecting. I also modified the Context path in server.xml to point to "/stash".

I can log in just fine and use Stash using http://myserver.mydomain.com/stash, but I noticed two issues: clicking on the Stash logo in the upper-left corner of the page tries to link to "http://localhost:7990". The other issue is linking to Jira and Confluence; they also believe Stash is at http://localhost:7990. Anyone else encounter this problem? Thanks!

[cofarrell]

Hi Jim,

Have you configured the server.xml to also include the proxy name/port?This is for apache, but the server.xml changes need to happy for nginx as well:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASH/Integrating+Stash+with+Apache+HTTP+Server

Cheers,

Charles

[Jim Leary]

Yes, Charles - I did. I can log into Stash without problems. I also double-checked the base URL set for Stash, and that is correct as well. It seems the internal Stash application doesn't use the base URL setting, since I've also found that creating new project/repositories also has the same problem.

[cofarrell]

Hi Jim,

In those instances Stash uses the 'Host' HTTP header which is being sent via your Nginx. Do you have some configuration on the proxy side that would result in that header being sent incorrectly?

Cheers,

Charles

[cofarrell]

If you get stuck, would it be possible for you to attach your nginx and server.xml files? Or sanitized snippets so we can take a looK?

Charles

[Jim Leary]

I also found this link: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASHKB/Moving+Stash+to+a+different+context+path

But it assumes http://localhost:7990/stash ... and that's not what I'm looking for.

[Jim Leary]

The snippet of my nginx config file:

location ^~ /jira {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;

}

location ^~ /confluence {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:8090;

}

location ^~ /stash {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:7990;

}

And my server.xml snippet file from Stash:

<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">

<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm">

<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"

resourceName="UserDatabase"/>

</Realm>

<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"

unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"

xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">

<!-- Before changing the context path for Stash, please read our documentation:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/5oCNEQ</em<>>

You will have to update scripts.cfg AND

rename webapps/ROOT directory.

-->

<Context docBase="${catalina.home}/atlassian-stash"

path="/stash"

reloadable="false"

useHttpOnly="true"/>

<!-- SingleSignOn valve, share authentication between web applications

Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html -->

...

[cofarrell]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for that. I can't see the <Connector> node in your server.xml, so you might already have this (as mentioned in the Apache documentation):

<Connector ... 
    proxyName="myserver.mydomain.com" 
    proxyPort="80" />

Cheers,

Charles

[cofarrell]

Hi Jim,

You might also be interested in the following:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12847771/configure-nginx-with-proxy-pass

Note the setting of the Host http header:

proxy_set_header Host $host;

I hope that helps.

Charles

[Jim Leary]

Charles,

Thanks - Adding proxy_set_header Host $Host solved the problem. It was perplexing because Jira and Confluence do not require this setting in nginx.

[Gurpreet Singh]

Hi guys,

I have almost similiar issue Jim was facing but It's with IIS reverse proxy.
I have bitbucket server 5.2 and changed the URL from https://myserver.mydomain.com to https://myserver.abc.mydomain.com.

It's working normally but when I am trying to create a new branch from the Jira cloud page, it redirected to old URL.

Checked:

1. DNS record
2. IIS hostname and bindings
3. Bitbucket proxy URL under bitbucket.properties
4. Reintergrate the Bitbucket Server and and Jira cloud.

Thanks

[Gurpreet Singh]

It resolved itself, might be it was using the cached and took four-five days to update but not sure where it stored.

[ThiagoBomfim]

Issue summarized here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASHKB/Stash+logo+displays+localhost

[Deleted user]

compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/plain,text/css,application/json,application/javascript,application/x-javascript"

proxyName="stash......

proxyPort="80" />

[Ryan Lobik]

Confirmed that adding:

proxy_set_header Host $host;

Fixed my issue with Stash + nginx.

[Jim Leary]

The snippet of my nginx config file:

location ^~ /jira {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;</em<>>

}

location ^~ /confluence {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:8090;</em<>>

}

location ^~ /stash {

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

proxy_pass http://localhost:7990;</em<>>

}

And my server.xml snippet file from Stash:

<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">

<!-- For clustering, please take a look at documentation at:

/docs/cluster-howto.html (simple how to)

/docs/config/cluster.html (reference documentation) -->

<!--

<Cluster className="org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster"/>

-->

<!-- Use the LockOutRealm to prevent attempts to guess user passwords

via a brute-force attack -->

...

https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/5oCNEQ</em<>>

You will have to update scripts.cfg AND

rename webapps/ROOT directory.

-->

<Context docBase="${catalina.home}/atlassian-stash"

path="/stash"

reloadable="false"

useHttpOnly="true"/>

<!-- SingleSignOn valve, share authentication between web applications

Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html -->

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