Run iobroker behind a proxy

[Peter Bauer]

Hi *!

Since I had to run iobroker behind a web proxy, I had to solve the issue that node does not support proxy requests out of the box.

The solution was to install node-global-proxy like this

# make npm proxy ready
> npm config set proxy http://192.168.0.1:8080

# next, install node-global-proxy in iobroker directory
> cd /opt/iobroker
> npm install node-global-proxy --save

# edit controller.js
> vi /opt/iobroker/node_modules/iobroker.js-controller/controller.js

and make sure it looks like this:

/**
 *      Redirect for older installations
 *
 *      Copyright 2018-2022 bluefox <dogafox@gmail.com>,
 *      MIT License
 *
 */
const proxy = require("node-global-proxy").default;
 
proxy.setConfig("proxy.corp.itserv.de:8080");
proxy.start();

require('./main').init();

just in case this helps somebody in the future.

If the integration can be done better than editing controller.js, please tell me. Thank you.