From 9fbf57bbefeb0ed5074a392e0b86bf680ec5055c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adjokic <15988225+adjokic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:10:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update README on using websockets with Apache as a reverse
 proxy

---
 readme.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 19ede3ce..34f770c5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ For this to work you must enable at least the following mods using `a2enmod`:
 </IfModule>
 ```
 
+If using Apache >= 2.4.47 you can use the following, without having to use any of the `RewriteEngine`, `RewriteCond`, or `RewriteRule` directives. For example:
+```xml
+    <Location /audiobookshelf>
+        ProxyPreserveHost on
+        ProxyPass http://localhost:<audiobookshelf_port>/audiobookshelf upgrade=websocket
+        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:<audiobookshelf_port>/audiobookshelf
+    </Location>
+```
+
 Some SSL certificates like those signed by Let's Encrypt require ACME validation. To allow Let's Encrypt to write and confirm the ACME challenge, edit your VirtualHost definition to prevent proxying traffic that queries `/.well-known` and instead serve that directly:
 
 ```bash