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林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

Setting the CMD_HOST env variable to 127.0.0.1 in a Docker setup will deny access to all users.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

ok those data files didn't exist

docker-compose up yields a bunch of errors: ERROR: password authentication failed for user "codimd"

also when I modify the two passwords in the .yml file

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

The two passwords in the yml file should be identical

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

I know

here is the complete output without several repetitions: https://pastebin.com/cEHQVtfY

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

so yeah :) not the smoothest install ever...

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

I might have to do a manual install

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

Try use this configuration instead: https://pastebin.com/M6ZpNb39

Don't change anything, even the password, simply start it with docker-compose up -d

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

alright

ok - now curl http://localhost:3000 returns the code for a web page by the looks of it

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

What about the web browser?

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

curl: (35) OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to localhost:3000 still for https

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

That's expected as the site isn't really HTTPS

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

web browser on my computer pointing to the URL still gives web hoster's error page

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

I suppose something in the VPS blocked it :-/

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

right, so add port 3000 to the iptables somehow?

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

Not necessary as Debian don't block any ports by default

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

entering the IP address instead of URL gives a refused to connect error

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

That's also expected as cURL defaults to the 80 port which is not open.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

I'm comparing your .yml with the default one... `volumes:

  - ./database-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data` has quotation marks in the default

oops, markup

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

I mount the volume right under the working directory, this avoids the problem where the data in the named volume interferes with the application.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

- ./upload-data:/home/hackmd/app/public/uploads lacks the ./ in the original

isn't it strange that your version does give a curl result and the vanilla one doesn't? is there a bug in the vanilla version?

or perhaps just a mismatch with my particular VPS

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

There's multiple factors influencing whether you get the wrong response, I would say it is a user-end issue.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

ah, IP:3000 does work in my browser

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

I can verify that the vanilla setup works on a clean Debian 10 machine.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

alright, then it must be some VPS configuration issue I guess

thank you very much for your help!

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

np.

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

oh btw, can you tell me which docker installation guide/method you used just now, for the vanilla verification?

perhaps that makes a difference

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

The exact same one at https://hackmd.io/c/codimd-documentation/%2Fs%2Fcodimd-docker-deployment#Using-docker-compose-to-setup-CodiMD

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

ah yes, I mean docker itself

or do you think that can't make a difference

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

right now, if I take this working example (that shows CodiMD in the browser at IP:port) and add - CMD_DOMAIN=url.com to the .yml, it just breaks the CSS on IP:port

and shows an error message from my domain/VPS provider on url.com. would that point to an issue on their side?

apologies for asking this many questions here - if there's more documentation about this stuff I'd love to read it

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

ok I guess the HTTPS setup is needed - I thought it was only recommended https://hackmd.io/c/codimd-documentation/%2F%40codimd%2FByDxZQgBL

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

and also I needed to modify the DNS settings of my URL @ my domain provider

Steven Kruyswijk

@kruithoph_twitter

the DNS setting in my domain configuration panel was the main issue all this time. I'm an idiot and thanks again...

林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)

@Lin-Buo-Ren

@kruithoph_twitter In the issue reproduction I use the Docker distribution from the Debian software archive, however I believe the upstream distribution work as well.

Florian Sauer

@florihupf

Hi there. Quick question. When I am opening a new firefox window to my self hosted CodiMD instance and want to edit a page it kind of takes about 15s until the top right button says "1 online", it wiggles back and forth between "offline" and "connected" until it finally says "1 online". The editor won't allow any edits until it is done with the process.

How can I debug / fix this? ;-)

Max Wu

@jackycute

@florihupf Hi, what's the CodiMD version you're using? What's your OS and browser version?

Giuseppe Lo Presti

@glpatcern

Hi there, I'm using a self-hosted, anonymous-login CodiMD instance for some prototyping, and I noticed that sometimes the toolbar with all formatting/uploading buttons is not shown. Sometimes = when I edit a note that I had injected via the /new (unofficial) API. CodiMD from docker.io/linuxserver/codimd:latest. Any clue why? Shall I jump on a more recent build?

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