Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json
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While testing, I'd mind to 0.0.0.0 and confirm that connecting directly to the port produces a healthy page. You can close it after you are done troubleshooting.
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Currently if I open http://0.0.0.0:4567/ I see home page but then message appears:
Looks like your connection to NodeBB was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.if I open http://0.0.0.0 I see
Welcome to nginx!http://forum.example.com/ is still can not be opened
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
Currently if I open http://0.0.0.0:4567/ I see home page but then message appears:
Looks like your connection to NodeBB was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.You need to bind to 0.0.0.0, but not browse to it. That's not its address.
If that doesn't fix the connection issue, then we have a problem.
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
if I open http://0.0.0.0 I see
Welcome to nginx!That's expected. You can't use 0.0.0.0 like that ever. And you can't use any IP address for this situation unless your default goes here, and it doesn't in your config, so that will never work.
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Ok, what else should I check or setup to see NodeBB opened with http://forum.example.com in the browser? I can post any info to get help to solve this issue
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
Ok, what else should I check or setup to see NodeBB opened with http://forum.example.com in the browser? I can post any info to get help to solve this issue
We're still trying to check the basics. Test http://yourip:4567/ and see if it is working correctly.
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@scottalanmiller under "yourip" you mean IP address of the my linux ubuntu vm? It's dynamic ip, NAT shared from my laptop. I can not open NobeBB with http://myip:4567/ also
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
@scottalanmiller under "yourip" you mean IP address of the my linux ubuntu vm? It's dynamic ip, NAT shared from my laptop. I can not open NobeBB with http://myip:4567/ also
It has to be accessible from somewhere, or the Nginx can't reach it, either.
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But we know it is reachable from somewhere, because you got an error from it. So use its IP from wherever that was.
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@scottalanmiller And how to make it accessible for Nginx?
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@scottalanmiller sorry I tried again and I could open http://myip:4567 but got the same message as for localhost:
Looks like your connection to NodeBB was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect. -
You may not have port forwarding set up at your router so you can access it through the internet.
Do you have another computer on your local network? You may be able to check if you can access it through your LAN.
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
@scottalanmiller sorry I tried again and I could open http://myip:4567 but got the same message as for localhost:
Looks like your connection to NodeBB was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.Ah, that will do it then. That's got to be solid and working before the proxy will work.
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
@PitaJ Yes I haven't set up port forwarding for router. Could you specify which ports and ip to specify for forwarding ports?
It's the port you specified... 4567, and your IP address. The one that you just used to access it.
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@scottalanmiller I have added forwarding port 4567 to router for ubuntu vm 192.168.1.4 TCP+UDP 4567 but I have still the same issues...
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
@scottalanmiller I have added forwarding port 4567 to router for ubuntu vm 192.168.1.4 TCP+UDP 4567 but I have still the same issues...
That's not necessary. You were already testing from your LAN. Let's stay focused on testing one thing at a time. We don't want to jump around and get confused. (And now that we know your IP we can be explicit as to what we mean.)
If you add a hosts entry for your 192.168.1.4 to your forum.example.com and you browse to http://forum.example.com:4567/ does the issue clear up?
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@scottalanmiller Yes, now after adding to hosts and opening http://forum.example.com:4567/ I do not have message about lost connection any more
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@Evg-R said in Can't open Nodebb with URL from config.json:
@scottalanmiller Yes, now after adding to hosts and opening http://forum.example.com:4567/ I do not have message about lost connection any more
Awesome, okay I know that that was a pain, but it clears some things up.
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Now we are going to try the same exercise, but with port 80 instead.
The issue returns?
