The '--proxy' option does not work - or at least does not work the same as it did with the systemjs version. For example, I can run:
ng serve --proxy http://example.com
and request using Http:
http.get("/api/xyzzy").suscribe( xxxx );
and I can see it makes a request of the local server but the local server returns the application entry page (index.html).
This version of angular-cli calls out:
which calls out:
and I have verified that both these are present at those versions.
Linux - Ubuntu 14,04
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.2
node: 6.2.1
os: linux x64