Grunt proxy configuration

Gruntfile.js

// Juts after var lrSnippet ....
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;

/* ...... */

// Modify the connect task configuration : add proxies section and insert 'proxySnippet' in the middleware
    connect: {
      proxies: [
        {
          context: '/rest',
          host: 'localhost',
          port: 8080,
          https: false,
          changeOrigin: false
        }
      ],
      options: {
        port: 9000,
        hostname: 'localhost'
      },
      livereload: {
        options: {
          middleware: function (connect) {
            return [
              proxySnippet,
              lrSnippet,
              mountFolder(connect, '.tmp'),
              mountFolder(connect, yeomanConfig.app)
            ];
          }
        }
      },


/* ...... */

// Modifify the server task to ass the configureProxies step
  grunt.registerTask('server', [
    'clean:server',
    'coffee:dist',
    'compass:server',
    'configureProxies',
    'livereload-start',
    'connect:livereload',
    'open',
    'watch'
  ]);