# Unable to access app search on remote server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [October 19, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310 "2019-10-19T12:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![The-Big-K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/the-big-k/32/56199_2.png) [@The-Big-K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/The-Big-K)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310/1 "2019-10-19T12:36:54Z")

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I've successfully installed the app-search on Ubuntu 18.04 and tweaked the `app-search.yml` to include:

```auto
app_search.external_url: http://my-domain.com/search-dashboard

```

The page however is captured by the framework running on the front end; and not by app-search. I'm running out of ideas on how to make it work. Would really appreciate your help in fixing this issue.

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**Author:** ![orhantoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@orhantoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orhantoy)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310/2 "2019-10-21T08:42:16Z")

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Hello @The-Big-K 👋

I don't think it works when there is a path (`/search-dashboard`) in the URL. Could you instead try something like `https://search-dashboard.my-domain.com`?

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**Author:** ![The-Big-K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/the-big-k/32/56199_2.png) [@The-Big-K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/The-Big-K)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310/3 "2019-10-21T08:53:41Z")

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I can create that URL. But would I need any extra settings on my web-server (NGINX) or any other place on my server?

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**Author:** ![orhantoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@orhantoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orhantoy)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310/4 "2019-10-21T09:01:26Z")

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I don't know about your setup and unfortunately we don't have instructions for this. Basically you need to proxy the traffic from nginx to your App Search installation. We have some docs [here](https://swiftype.com/documentation/app-search/self-managed/installation) but that doesn't cover nginx configuration.

We also have the [App Search SaaS](https://www.elastic.co/products/app-search/service) offering if you're interested.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-app-search-on-remote-server/204310/5 "2019-11-18T09:15:23Z")

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