Custom locations

Custom locations send part of a site to a different service, by path. Example: shop.example.com goes to the web shop, but shop.example.com/api/… goes to the API server.

Open a proxy host and expand Custom locations in the form, then click Add location.

Field	Meaning
Path	Path prefix, e.g. /api. Requests to /api and everything below it use this location
Scheme / Host / IP / Port	The service that receives these requests
Forward path	Optional. Replaces the matched prefix: with path /api and forward path /v2/, /api/orders is sent as /v2/orders
Advanced config	Optional nginx directives for this location only (administrators)

Good to know

• Protection carries over. Every location keeps the host's security rules, bans, exploit and body inspection, "under attack" mode, rate limit, password protection and access queue, as well as its upload limit, timeout and gzip setting.
• A location / replaces the host's forward target.
• /__corvus and /.well-known/acme-challenge are reserved.
• Up to 50 locations per host.
• Custom locations are imported from NPM.