Intro The need was to make sure that our apache was able to communicate with our Sente1 Apache config To the apacheconfig, under the :443 section (https) # Trying websockets here, c/o RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} =websocket [NC] RewriteRule /(.*) ws://127.0.0.1:8080/$1 [P,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} !=websocket [NC] RewriteRule /(.*) http://127.0.0.1:8080/$1 [P,L] # END websockets Server shell, enabling the apache modules /sudo:root@devflats:/ $> a2enmod proxy_wstunnel # Considering dependency proxy for proxy_wstunnel: # Module proxy already enabled # Enabling module proxy_wstunnel.