Admin page not working when setting a PUBLIC_URL

[cnmuc]

When setting a PUBLIC_URL via server.js, the admin page opens correctly at https://example.com/strapi/dashboard
However, the javascript files in the HTML page cannot be loaded (cf. screenshot) as the PUBLIC_URL (PUBLIC_ADMIN_URL) seems not to be used.

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  host: env('HOST', '0.0.0.0'),
  port: env.int('PORT', 1337),
  url: env('PUBLIC_URL', 'https://example.com/strapi'),
  proxy: env.bool('IS_PROXIED', true),
  admin: {
    auth: {
      secret: env('ADMIN_JWT_SECRET', 'myadminsecret'),
    },
	url: env('PUBLIC_ADMIN_URL', '/dashboard'),
  },
});

/admin/runtime~main.d1293aad.js

should be

/strapi/dashboard/runtime~main.d1293aad.js

Make sure to set those environment files during the build stage of your Dockerfile.

[vinzenzweber]

You might also want to check https://forum.strapi.io/t/deployed-strapi-admin-panel-trying-to-hit-localhost-1337/7598

[ChristianHeimke]

did you run the strapi build command after changing the configuration? Afaik the strapi web ui needs to recompile after changing such fundamental configuration.

[arielhernandezmusa]

If the URL is defined at build time, then the output image is tied to that url and can not be reused to deploy to different environments like dev, qa, prod …

A suggestion is that the public url for the admin ui must be set at runtime instead of build time, but I think this can be archived on the docker files not in strapi side

[emilselroos]

Does anyone know whether this has been improved yet?