CF2021 Getting Started with WebSockets (cfwebsocket)

Question

I am just getting started with cfwebsockets and I am having a bit of trouble. What I found from online, is that since this is public-facing application, it is best to use a websocket proxy.

CF2021, Version: 2021.0.03.329779

Ubuntu 20.04LTS

Steps so far:

1. I added the websocket package to my server and enabled web-sockets. Restarted Server.

2. Added this to my application.cfc:

<cfset this.wschannels = [ {name="chat"} ] />

(the application has a this.name= set from a variable as well 3. created a simple page that has this:

<cfwebsocket 
name="wSocketObj" 
onMessage="wsOnMessage" 
onOpen="wsOnOpen" 
onClose="wsOnClose" 
onError="wsOnError" 
subscribeTo="chat"
secure="true"/>

<script type="text/javascript">
wsOnMessage =  function(aEvent,aToken) {
  console.log('wsOnMessage',aevent);
  var message = ColdFusion.JSON.encode(atoken); 
  var txt=document.getElementById("myDiv"); 
  txt.innerHTML +=message +"<br>"; 
}

wsOnOpen = function() {
  alert("wsOnOpen Connection is open");
}

wsOnClose = function() {
  alert("wsOnClose Connection Closed");
}

wsOnError = function() {
  alert("wsOnError!");
  console.log(arguments);
}

sendMessage = function() {
  var text = window.prompt("Enter some text","");
  if (text) {
    wSocketObj.publish("chat", text);
  }
}
</script> 
 
<cfdiv id="myDiv"></cfdiv>
<div id="myChatArea"></div>
<input type="text" id="myMessage" /><input id="myButton" type="button" value="Send Message" onClick="sendMessage()" />

3. got this in the Chrome Console:

   WebSocket connection to 'wss://myhost.mydomain.com:8555/cfusion/cfusion' failed: CFWebSocketWrapper.open @ cfwebsocketCore.js:21 init @ cfwebsocketChannel.js:49 _cf_websockets_init_6322652258206397 @ client.cfm:35 fire @ cfajax.js:1214 $E.windowLoadHandler @ cfajax.js:1321 cfwebsocketCore.js:54 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set properties of undefined (setting 'readyState') at WebSocket.wsConnection.onerror (cfwebsocketCore.js:54:29)

thinking it was a firewall issue, I disabled it in Ubuntu

4. It was at this point that it seemed to be that I needed to configure a proxy.
5. I ran /opt/ColdFusion/cfusion/bin/wsproxyconfig.sh from the command line and verified that both the line in apache2.conf was there and the folder "/opt/ColdFusion/config/wsproxy/1/mod_wsproxy.conf" was created. Restarted apache2 and CF2021
6. Same Result
7. Realized I need to change the websocket config in CF Admin,
8. When I select the Use Proxy in CF Admin, the Save Changes button disappears and I cannot save it.

Obviously I am missing something very fundamental here. Any help that anyone can provide would be appreciated.

thanks in advance