orthancproxy

Proxy server for Orthanc PACS

Deployment

OrthancProxy is run in a Docker Container on Linux. In our case, it is on the same server as the Orthanc Server.

Building the dotnet application

Publish the proxy to a single application file using the Linux runtime.

dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 /p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./dist

Building the Docker Image

The Dockerfile is intended for use on the hosting server along with the contents of the dist folder, which contains the published executable.

docker build -t orthancproxy .

Running the Docker Container

Running the container is nothing special. Just pick a port that is available on the host side and tie it to the default dotnet HTTTP port.

docker container run -d -p 5002:5000 --restart always --name orthancproxy orthancproxy

Hosting on Nginx

Use a default ASP dotnet core nginx configuration.

server {
    server_name   orthancproxy.sancsoft.net;
    location / {
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:5002;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
    listen 80;
}

Certbot can be used to add SSL and configure redirection to HTTPS.