add api for descriptor to root domain, tidying things up

files/web/html/index.php

@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Matt-Cloud Cosmostat Dashboard</h2>
     This dashboard shows the local Matt-Cloud system stats.<p>
+    <div class="help-link" id="helpToggle" >API</div>
   </div>
+
+  <div id="helpText" class="card">
+      <strong>Component Desriptor</strong><p>
+      To view the component descriptor, you may <br>
+      <code>
+      curl -s https://<?php echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ?>/descriptor<br>
+      </code>
+      This will return the entire JSON descriptor variable 
+  </div>  
+  
   <div class="card">
     <div id="host_components" class="column">
 
@@ -115,5 +126,17 @@
   <!-- matt-cloud redis script -->
   <script src="src/redis.js"></script>
 
+  <!-- Toggle the help text when the link is clicked -->
+  <script>
+    document.getElementById('helpToggle').addEventListener('click', function () {
+        const help = document.getElementById('helpText');
+        if (help.style.display === 'none' || help.style.display === '') {
+            help.style.display = 'block';
+        } else {
+            help.style.display = 'none';
+        }
+    });
+</script>
+
 </body>
 </html>

files/web/html/src/styles.css

@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ li {
 #host_metrics_table tbody tr td :nth-of-type(even) {
      background-color: #3e5c78;  
 }
+
+.help-link{
+    cursor:pointer;
+    user-select:none;
+    color: #2c3e50;
+    text-align: right;
+}
+.help-link:hover{ text-decoration:underline; }
+
+#helpText{
+    display:none;               /* hidden by default */
+}

files/web/proxy/nginx.conf

@@ -10,31 +10,40 @@ server {
 listen 80;
 server_name localhost;
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Proxy everything under "/" to the php server backend
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-location / {
-    proxy_pass http://192.168.37.1:8080;
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    # The API – only /descriptor
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    location = /descriptor {
+    proxy_pass http://192.168.37.1:5000/descriptor;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-}
-# ----- Custom Nginx Configuration (inside <location> block) -----
-location /socket.io/ {
-    # Forward to the Node WS server
-    proxy_pass http://192.168.37.1:3000;   # or <node_container_ip>
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $sceme;
+    }
 
-    # Keep WebSocket upgrade headers
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    # WebSocket endpoint
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    location /socket.io/ {
+        proxy_pass http://192.168.37.1:3000/socket.io/;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
 
-    # Optional: pass on other headers you care about
-    proxy_set_header Host $host;
-    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-}
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    # All other paths → Apache (PHP)
+    # ---------------------------------------
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://192.168.37.1:8080;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+    }
 
 }