I am not a programmer, so bear with me. I have been doing my best to figure something out. I am running OpenEMR v 8.0.0 on a docker instance on Windows 11 (Docker Desktop), WSL2, Ubuntu 22.04. The docker instance is running OEMR 8.0.0, MariaDB 10.6 (the only image I could get to work with v 8.0.0), and Nginx as a reverse proxy. I have been trying to get the patient portal set up. With a simple configuration file, everything functions as intended. I am able to access the OEMR main system at domain.com and the patient portal at domain.com/portal/, both on the LAN and the WAN.
Originally, I was trying to just use the portal on the LAN at the office with a self-signed certificate, but I could not get my iPad to connect due to certificate issues. So, I obtained a url and obtained SSL certs from Let’s Encrypt. Since I now have a CA cert, I figured I’d open the portal to the WAN for patient convenience. One of the things I have been trying to accomplish is to hide the url for the main system and only expose the /portal/. I have gotten fairly close. My current configuration allows my LAN to access main system with full formatting and portal with the formatting stripped out. On the WAN side, I have succeeded in blocking access to the main system and allowing access to the patient portal with formatting stripped out (just like LAN). The login page consists of username and password fields, and I am still able to log into my test patient account, but there is only script and the functions don’t work.
So, my questions are these. Maybe, I’m overcomplicating this. Is it necessary for OpenEMR to expose the main url (domain.com) for system access in order to have proper functioning of the patient portal (domain.com/portal/)? (i.e. In order for the patient portal to operate correctly, the main system must be exposed to the WAN). If not, is there a way to correct my setup to get WAN and LAN patient portal back to proper formatting while keeping the main system blocked from the WAN?
Any help would be appreciated. I am able to upload examples of my compose file and nginx configuration if that would help. I can also go into detail about the different configurations I have tried, which were unsuccessful.