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[Bug]: WebSocket connection fails when accessing Coolify via HTTPS - Terminal and real-time features not working
Error Message and Logs
Description After a server reboot, Coolify's WebSocket connections fail when accessing the UI via HTTPS. The terminal feature and real-time updates are not working. The browser console shows repeated WebSocket connection failures. Environment
- Coolify Version: 4.0.0-beta.418
- Installation Method: Docker
- OS: Ubuntu (Linux)
- Browser: All browsers tested
Current Behavior
When accessing Coolify via HTTPS, the following errors appear in browser console:
WebSocket connection to 'wss://admin.domain.com:6001/app/cffeaf583e1404e00276097c0e104e9f19582edb08d65d4a4e6bf23e567788ba?protocol=7&client=js&version=8.3.0&flash=false' failed
The UI shows: "WARNING: Cannot connect to real-time service"
Expected Behavior WebSocket connections should work over HTTPS as they did before the server reboot. Terminal access and real-time updates should function normally.
Docker Container Status
bash# All containers are healthy and running
coolify - Up About an hour (healthy)
coolify-realtime - Up 7 minutes (healthy) # Note: This container restarts frequently
coolify-db - Up 13 days (healthy)
coolify-redis - Up 13 days (healthy)
coolify-proxy - Up 2 hours (healthy)
Relevant Logs Browser Console:
javascript[Terminal] WebSocket connection established. Cool cool cool cool cool cool.
[Terminal] WebSocket connection closed.
WebSocket connection to 'wss://admin.domain.com:6001/app/...' failed
[Terminal] Attempting to reconnect...
coolify-realtime logs show repeated restarts:
2025-06-11 15:15:03 [TERMINAL] Coolify realtime terminal server listening on port 6002. Let the hacking begin!
2025-06-11 15:16:00 [TERMINAL] Coolify realtime terminal server listening on port 6002. Let the hacking begin!
Configuration Details
The container was started with these environment variables:
bash
PUSHER_HOST=admin.domain.com
PUSHER_PORT=6001
PUSHER_SCHEME=http
APP_URL=http://admin.domain.com:8000
What I've Tried
✅ Verified port 6001 is accessible: Connection to admin.domain.com: 6001 port [tcp/x11-1] succeeded! ✅ Recreated containers with proper environment variables ✅ Checked that all services are healthy ❌ WebSocket still tries to connect via wss:// (secure) to an http:// endpoint
Steps to Reproduce
- Access Coolify via HTTPS (https://domain.com:8000/)
- Navigate to any application
- Click on "Terminal" tab
- Observe WebSocket connection failures in browser console
Example Repository URL
No response
Coolify Version
v4.0.0-beta.418
Are you using Coolify Cloud?
No (self-hosted)
Operating System and Version (self-hosted)
No response
Additional Information
No response
How come that you connect to coolify via https://domain.com:8000 instead of just https://domain.com? If you set up the Instance Domain under Settings you don't need to add the port at the end of the URL anymore, as you would access coolify through the proxy. As long as the proxy is running at least.
I have the same, my terminal window (in Coolify) closes immediately after showing a warning. From Chrome's Dev Tools, two WS related: [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey,password). and Warning: Identity file /var/www/html/storage/app/ssh/keys/ssh_key@kw8g0c0o80kc40cg0cwkssk0 not accessible: No such file or directory. My comments:
- user used to SSH: root@ip, when error shows root@domain format: properly handled in Coolify?
- on my VPS there's no such folder and file like in warning: var/www so I think it should be created by Coolify.
Coolify: v4.0.0-beta.420.6, docker compose used, with realtime, so ports 6001, 6002 are working on a Windows 10 with WSL
VPS: Ubuntu 24
That folder references the location inside the Coolify container. On WSL you want to look for it under /data/coolify/ssh/keys
Closing this issue for now as we haven't received a response from OP anymore after a significant amount of time. We can re-open this issue if anyone else is facing the same issue again,