# Access Perspective Page via Domain Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305 "2021-11-20T00:14:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/1 "2021-11-20T00:14:53Z")
Can anyone speak to how to access a perspective page from a domain name? Like [demo.ia.io](http://demo.ia.io). ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/2 "2021-11-20T00:29:35Z")
You have to point a domain name at your server’s IP address. If entirely private, that would be inside your network and controlled by your IT department. Otherwise you need a public domain name and then expose your server on a public IP address. That’s only safe if you are using encryption, so you’ll need a certificate, too. I recommend Let’s Encrypt for that. From a networking angle, it is essentially the same operations you’d perform to put any web server on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/3 "2021-11-20T00:31:26Z")
So there’s no need for nginx or apache? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/4 "2021-11-20T00:34:36Z")
Optional. I’d probably use nginx if I were deploying with docker on the publicly reachable host. ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/5 "2021-11-20T00:40:21Z")
Point the domain name to :8088/data/perspective/client/? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/6 "2021-11-20T00:44:25Z")
No, domain names cannot point to ports or paths, just addresses. If you need to trim the path, you would definitely need apache or nginx to be a reverse proxy. That’s tricky, because not all necessary URLs are under `/data/perspective`, IIRC. I strongly recommend using the normal ports, too. It’s important that the firewall not expose the server to the internet until _ **after** _ it is commissioned and appropriate security established. Open port 80 only to allow Let’s Encrypt to execute its challenge(s). ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/7 "2021-11-20T00:48:44Z")
Do you know of a guide or anything to get nginx to work with ignition? We have tried multiple different configuration files and can’t get it to work at all. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/8 "2021-11-20T00:52:53Z")
I’ve never used nginx, sorry. And I haven’t put Ignition on a public address. But search this forum. However, I’d get an Ignition server working publicly without either of those first. Just to be sure everything works. Then add nginx or apache if you really need it. ---
**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/9 "2023-02-17T18:27:25Z")
Is this still the preferred technique? The demo has very nice performance and load speeds. It is a reverse proxy as described? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/10 "2023-02-17T18:31:49Z")
I've only proxied Ignition onto the internet via Apache. With Ignition itself set to trust the proxy headers. Apache was set to intercept Let's Encrypt challenges and handle certbot itself. ---
**Author:** ![Adriano\_Generoso\_da](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/adriano_generoso_da/32/43895_2.png) [@Adriano\_Generoso\_da](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adriano_Generoso_da)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/11 "2023-02-17T18:50:41Z")
I'm using an Oracle Machine Free tier with Nginx both Nginx and Ignition at Docker, runs very nice. I'm using the original nginx docker image, just need to setup the redirections using your domain. Have a tutorial how to setup it: [Running an NGINX reverse proxy with Docker and Let's Encrypt on Compute Engine | Google Cloud Platform Community](https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/nginx-reverse-proxy-docker) Or [Adding Nginx and HTTPS via Letsencrypt to Docker Compose setup | thoughts.sort() (casperlehmann.com)](https://casperlehmann.com/adding-nginx-and-https-via-letsencrypt-to-docker-compose-setup/#:~:text=Setup%20reverse%20proxy%20application%20Nginx%20Certbot%20on%20the,containers%20from%20the%20development%20machine%20through%20docker%20context.) You need to include the extra header at Nginx to Ignition works ---
**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/12 "2023-02-20T16:24:20Z")
One of those links said it used billable aspects of Google compute. I am very Microsoft bias with Microsoft bias networking, and paying adverse/averse. The second link said it was malicious according to my security popup, not sure. I am interested though, and appreciate the help. ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/13 "2023-02-21T02:02:30Z")
> [@zacharyw.larson](#): > > The second link said it was malicious according to my security popup, I got the same security warning using Chrome, and it successfully deterred from opening the page. ---
**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/14 "2023-02-21T14:43:42Z")
> [@justinedwards.jle](#): > > I got the same security warning using Chrome, and it successfully deterred from opening the page. haha Did we just both get our computers infected with the first link? Just kidding Welcome and thanks for input @Adriano_Generoso_da ---
**Author:** ![Adriano\_Generoso\_da](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/adriano_generoso_da/32/43895_2.png) [@Adriano\_Generoso\_da](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adriano_Generoso_da)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-perspective-page-via-domain-name/53305/15 "2023-02-21T16:03:54Z")
The second link the issue was the Certificate was expired, they don't renew it. If you guys want, I can share my settings of Ignition