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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"ng serve behind HTTPS reverse proxy is failing to call https://localhost:4200","articleBody":"Running `ng serve` behind an HTTPS reverse proxy is making requests on https://localhost:4200 when it should make them on http://localhost:4200\n### OS?\n\nUbuntu 16.04\n### Versions?\n\n```\n$ ng --version\nangular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.9-4\nnode: 6.5.0\nos: linux x64\n```\n### Repro steps\n1. `ng new foo`\n2. `cd foo`\n3. `ng serve`\n4. Then I load the page on https://mywebserver.mydomain.org which is the page served by a reverse proxy\n   ==\u003e observe the network tab in Chrome developer tools, it keeps making requests on\n\n```\nhttps://localhost:4200/sockjs-node/info?t=1473926195156\n```\n\nwhich fail when the same URL starting with http:// works\n\n---\n\nI have an HTTPS reverse proxy in front (to be able to route API calls - it needs to be HTTPS because I use the geolocation API). Here is an excerpt of the NGINX configuration file.\n\n```\n$ cat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/my-test\nserver {\n    listen 443 ssl;\n        location / {\n        proxy_pass http://localhost:4200;\n    }\n    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/myserver.crt;\n    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/myserver-private.key;\n}\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jandsu","@type":"Person","name":"jandsu"},"datePublished":"2016-09-15T08:01:54.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":12},"url":"https://github.com/2123/angular-cli/issues/2123"}