Question concerning the reverse proxy, SSL or not ?

[0xAttra]

Hi,

I apologize for asking this, but I'm having trouble understanding. Is it possible to set up a reverse proxy without SSL? I find the documentation unclear, as all command lines seem to specify "wss" rather than "ws". However, from what I read in the code, it seems possible to handle it without SSL. I skipped the SSL verification using environment variables.

Here is the documentation: IBM Context Forge - Reverse Proxy
The implementation: GitHub Issue

I apologize if I missed something obvious.

Thanks a lot!

[brian-hussey]

Hey @0xAttra, yes you can set up a reverse proxy without SSL.
If you use http:// it will default convert the websocket to use ws:// and if you use https:// it will default the websocket connection to use wss://.

You can see this conversion in the mcpgateway.reverse_proxy._connect_websocket function: https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/blob/main/mcpgateway/reverse_proxy.py#L350

I hope this helps, if you've any other questions just ask.
Thanks,
Brian

[0xAttra]

Okay, thanks a lot for your answer. I managed to connect the reverse-proxy... But now my problem is that the server doesn't appear in the gateway's server catalog.

I succeeded in sending a request through the ContextForge API, but the server doesn't appear in the UI or in the /servers/ endpoint.

Thanks,
Attra

[brian-hussey]

@0xAttra Sorry for the delay, I missed this one.
Do you still see that same problem? And if so please create an issue with details and steps to reproduce.

[0xAttra]

Hello, it seems now okay for me, I updated context-forge to the last version. it works now, thanks for your time

[crivetimihai]

Hi @0xAttra, sorry you still see the catalog issue. Could you share exact /servers response, gateway startup config (REVERSE_PROXY + WS/SSE flags), and any gateway logs around registration/list calls? I can check this path and update the docs with a concrete fix.

[0xAttra]

Hi, thanks for your answer, I updated context-forge to the last version and it works now. Thanks a lot.