Local connection working but not remote connection

glucenag commented 4 years ago

Description

Describe the bug

I can connect to my ampache server from the local LAN (e.g. in a web browser, or from the subsonic android app) but NOT so remotely (e.g. with subsonic android app with wifi off).

To reproduce

This is a fresh Buster install on a Raspberry Pi 3. I followed the usual ampache installation and I believe it went OK, since e.g. I can connect locally (see above).
Typing http://<ip-of-my-server> in a local web brower redirects to http://192.168.1.6//login.php and that's fine BUT typing http://<ip-of-my-server>/ampache as in the docs yields a 404 not found error (is that weird?).
In the subsonic app, writing http://<ip-of-my-server> or the same with :80 at the end does the job too (I can listen to music on my phone)
Remotely, writing http://<public-ip-of-my-server> in a browser yields an error (cannot access website), and same with http://<public-ip-of-my-server>/ampache.
Note that my router redirects port 777 to 80 (which I know works OK), so I tried writing http://<public-ip-of-my-server>:777 in a browser, which redirects to ... the Apache2 Debian Default Page. Not bad, but not great.

Expected behavior

I was expecting to reach the ampache login screen at http://<public-ip-of-my-server> or http://<public-ip-of-my-server>:777 or maybe inserting ampache in there.

Environment

Ampache version: latest
Web server + version: Apache2
Server operating system: Raspbian Buster
Client operating system: Android Phone

Client type

Web
SubSonic

Settings

Note a catalog (my first one) is being created as we speak (songs being scanned) but I don't think that's the culprit since, as mentionned above, I can connect locally

My guess

I believe I am making some trivial mistake, such as, when remotely connecting (from outside LAN) one needs to write the web address in whatever form, or maybe the port redirection needs to be explicitated in the ampache config file. My question boils down, I guess, to "how to remotely access my ampache install", which I guess is basically about "what http address should I type in a remote web browser" (note I know my public ip address for my server, have checked that port 777 redirects to 80 and have checked that openportchecktool.com sees the 777).

Huge thanks in advance to anyone contributing!

-G

glucenag commented 4 years ago

If I did not post enough details please let me know!

UPDATE: I tried removing the index.html default page of apache2 that sits in the html folder where the ampache folder is too, but to no avail. I have also tried with a straightforward port forwarding rule, i.e. with 80 --> 80 instead of my previous 777 --> 80, but to no avail either.

Now, without the index.html in the html folder, when remotely going to my hostname I have a web page with a list of folders: only one folder there, the ampache folder. So I click on it but hat yields a not found error. If I go instead to hostname/ampache that also yields a not found error (can't access website).

Somehow, when on local LAN, typing the IP address the browser finds apache's login.php but remotely that fails.

Now for something even weirder: if I go to hostname:777//ampache/login.php, I do see the login page of ampache (actually something like a really old-fashioned version of it, very basic), but I can't log in. Also, going to hostname:777//ampache/ yields an error again.

I am so puzzled. Any help would be great! Thanks!

wagnered commented 4 years ago

What is the document root set in the Apache web server? I think it is the /ampache sub folder because that's where login.php resides. web_path shouldn't be configured in this case. Using the url http:///ampache forces the apache server to look for index.php in the ./ampache sub folder which doesn't exist.

I don' t understand why the client is using port 777, why not port 80? If apache is set to use port 80, what reroutes the response from the apache server port 80 back to port 777? It can't be the router they don't reroute outgoing data. Why not create an apache virtual host that watches port 777. Router redirection would not be needed.

That's the best answer I can give considering I'm not quite sure I understand what you are trying to do.

glucenag commented 4 years ago

Hey there wagnered. Thanks a bunch for trying to help !

So I've looked for the document root option in the web interface and haven't found any (?). Indeed that is where index.php resides, and you seem to be correct since locally dialing my IP gets me to login.php. Problem is remotely it does not seem to work.

I haven't exposed port 80 for the usual reasons. I'm finding it hard to believe the port forwarding is the problem, since I temporarily set the forwarding rule to be 80-->80 and it did not solve my problem. I don't know what a virtual host is ... if you could expand it'd be great.

So about what I'm trying to do: I simply would like to be able to go on my phone (no wifi), open a web browser and get to my ampache to be able to listen to music (once that works I'll configure something like the Subsonic or Dsub app for Android on my phone).

Here is my config file for ampache, in case you see something that could be changed. Again, I'm fine with making this work with port 80 exposed (port forwarding set to 80-->80) but ideally I would prefer exposing some other port. The latter does not have to redirect to 80 (that's just something I tried). I would be fine with something like 8080 --> 8080 (back when I was using Subsonic, one had to configure a forwarding rule 4040-->4040 because Subsonic listens on 4040). Maybe I simply don't understand how to change the port that ampache listens on ?

If there is any remaining confusion please ask! I'm dying to solve this and I feel it's something dumb I'm missing somehow.

Config file:

;#<?php exit(); ?>##
;#########################################################
; General Config                                         #
;#########################################################

; This value is used to detect quickly
; if this config file is up to date
; this is compared against a value hard-coded
; into the init script
config_version = 40

; Allow you to hard code a default git branch for Ampache
; If you set this value the inbuilt updater will use this branch for updates.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: master develop
; DEFAULT: ""
;github_force_branch = "develop"

;#########################################################
; Path Vars                                              #
;#########################################################

; The public http host of your server.
; If not set, retrieved automatically from client request.
; This setting is required for WebSocket server
; DEFAULT: ""
;http_host = "localhost"

; The public http port of your server.
; If not set, retrieved automatically from client request.
; DEFAULT:
;http_port = 80

; The public path to your Ampache install
; Do not put a trailing / on this path
; For example if your site is located at http://localhost
; than you do not need to enter anything for the web_path
; if it is located at http://localhost/music you need to
; set web_path to /music
; DEFAULT: ""
web_path = "/"

; The local http url of your server.
; This is used to access the server from within the
; same host where ampache is running.
; For example, if the ampache server is not
; directly accessed via the public domain but via a reverse
; proxy, local_web_path would need to be changed
; to a localhost URL.
; If not set, retrieved automatically from server information.
; DEFAULT: ""
;local_web_path = "http://localhost/ampache"

;#########################################################
; Database                                               #
;#########################################################

; Hostname of your database
; For socket authentication, set the path to socket file (e.g. /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock)
; DEFAULT: localhost
database_hostname = "localhost"

; Port to use when connecting to your database
; DEFAULT: none
database_port = ""

; Name of your Ampache database
; DEFAULT: ampache
database_name = "ampache"

; Username for your Ampache database
; DEFAULT: ""
database_username = "ampache"

; Password for your Ampache database, this can not be blank
; this is a 'forced' security precaution, the default value
; will not work (except if using socket authentication)
; DEFAULT: ""
database_password = "helenedetroie"

;#########################################################
; Session and Security                                   #
;#########################################################

; Cryptographic secret
; This MUST BE changed with your own secret key. Ampache-specific, just pick any random string you want.
secret_key = "ecc20f968fb7bd62cddf6fa6f2b14c3abdeb0b234c4587871159516ab252fa"

; Length that a session will last expressed in seconds. Default is
; one hour.
; DEFAULT: 3600
session_length = 3600

; Length that the session for a single streaming instance will last
; the default is two hours. With some clients, and long songs this can
; cause playback to stop, increase this value if you experience that
; DEFAULT: 7200
stream_length = 7200

; This length defines how long a 'remember me' session and cookie will
; last, the default is 86400, same as length. It is up to the administrator
; of the box to increase this, for reference 86400 = 1 day,
; 604800 = 1 week, and 2419200 = 1 month
; DEFAULT: 604800
remember_length = 604800

; Name of the Session/Cookie that will sent to the browser
; default should be fine
; DEFAULT: ampache
session_name = ampache

; Lifetime of the Cookie, 0 == Forever (until browser close) , otherwise in terms of seconds
; If you want cookies to last past a browser close set this to a value in seconds.
; DEFAULT: 0
session_cookielife = 0

; Is the cookie a "secure" cookie? This should only be set to 1 (true) if you are
; running a secure site (HTTPS).
; DEFAULT: 0
session_cookiesecure = 0

; Auth Methods
; This defines which auth methods Auth will attempt to use and in which order.
; If auto_create isn't enabled the user must exist locally.
; DEFAULT: mysql
; VALUES: mysql,ldap,http,pam,external,openid
auth_methods = "mysql"

; External authentication
; This sets the helper used for external authentication.  It should conform to
; the interface used by mod_authnz_external
; DEFAULT: none
;external_authenticator = "/usr/sbin/pwauth"

; Automatic local password updating
; Determines whether successful authentication against an external source
; will result in an update to the password stored in the database.
; A locally stored password is needed for API access.
; DEFAULT: false
;auth_password_save = "false"

; Log out redirection target
; Defaults to our own login.php, but we can override it here if, for instance,
; we want to redirect to an SSO provider instead.
; logout_redirect = "http://sso.example.com/logout"

; Use Access List
; Toggle this on if you want Ampache to pay attention to the access list
; and only allow streaming/downloading/api-rpc from known hosts api-rpc
; will not work without this on.
; NOTE: Default Behavior is DENY FROM ALL
; DEFAULT: true
access_control = "true"

; Require Session
; If this is set to true Ampache will make sure that the URL passed when
; attempting to retrieve a song contains a valid Session ID This prevents
; others from guessing URL's. This setting is ignored if you have use_auth
; disabled.
; DEFAULT: true
require_session = "true"

; Require LocalNet Session
; If this is set to true then Ampache will require that a valid session
; is passed even on hosts defined in the Local Network ACL. This setting
; has no effect if access_control is not enabled
; DEFAULT: true
require_localnet_session = "true"

; Multiple Logins
; Added by Vlet 07/25/07
; When this setting is enabled a user may only be logged in from a single
; IP address at any one time, this is to prevent sharing of accounts
; DEFAULT: false
;prevent_multiple_logins = "false"

;#########################################################
; Metadata                                               #
;#########################################################

; This determines the tag order for all cataloged
; music. If none of the listed tags are found then
; Ampache will randomly use whatever was found.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: ape asf avi id3v1 id3v2 lyrics3 matroska mpeg quicktime riff
;     vorbiscomment
; DEFAULT: id3v2 id3v1 vorbiscomment quicktime matroska ape asf avi mpeg riff
getid3_tag_order = "id3v2,id3v1,vorbiscomment,quicktime,matroska,ape,asf,avi,mpeg,riff"

; This determines whether we try to autodetect the encoding for id3v2 tags.
; May break valid tags.
; DEFAULT: false
;getid3_detect_id3v2_encoding = "false"

; This determines if we write the changes to files (as id3 tags) when modifying metadata, or only keep them in Ampache (the default).
; DEFAULT: false
;write_id3 = "false"

; This determines if we write the changes to files (as id3 tags) when modifying album art, or only keep them in Ampache (the default)
; as id3 metadata when updated.
; DEFAULT: false
;write_id3_art = "false"

; This determines the order in which metadata sources are used (and in the
; case of plugins, checked)
; POSSIBLE VALUES (builtins): filename and getID3
; POSSIBLE VALUES (plugins): MusicBrainz,TheAudioDb, plus any others you've installed.
; DEFAULT: getID3 filename
metadata_order = "getID3,filename"

; This determines the order in which metadata sources are used (and in the
; case of plugins, checked) for video files
; POSSIBLE VALUES (builtins): filename and getID3
; POSSIBLE VALUES (plugins): Tvdb,Tmdb,Omdb, plus any others you've installed.
; DEFAULT: filename getID3
metadata_order_video = "filename,getID3"

; This determines if extended metadata grabbed from external services should be deferred.
; If enabled, extended metadata is retrieved when browsing the library item.
; If disabled, extended metadata is retrieved at catalog update.
; Today, only Artist information (summary, place formed, ...) can be deferred.
; DEFAULT: true
deferred_ext_metadata = "true"

; Some taggers use delimiters other than \0 for fields
; This list specifies possible delimiters additional to \0
; This setting takes a regex pattern.
; DEFAULT: // / \ | , ;
additional_genre_delimiters = "[/]{2}|[/|\\\\|\|,|;]"

; Enable importing custom metadata from files.
; This will need a bit of time during the import. So you may want to disable this
; if you have troubles with huge databases.
; DEFAULT: false
;enable_custom_metadata = "false"

;#########################################################
; Catalog                                                #
;#########################################################

; File Pattern
; This defines which file types Ampache will attempt to catalog
; You can specify any file extension you want in here separating them
; with a |
; DEFAULT: mp3|mpc|m4p|m4a|aac|ogg|oga|wav|aif|aiff|rm|wma|asf|flac|opus|spx|ra|ape|shn|wv
catalog_file_pattern = "mp3|mpc|m4p|m4a|aac|ogg|oga|wav|aif|aiff|rm|wma|asf|flac|opus|spx|ra|ape|shn|wv"

; Video Pattern
; This defines which video file types Ampache will attempt to catalog
; You can specify any file extension you want in here separating them with
; a | but Ampache may not be able to parse them
; DEAFULT: avi|mpg|mpeg|flv|m4v|mp4|webm|mkv|wmv|ogv|mov|divx|m2ts
catalog_video_pattern = "avi|mpg|mpeg|flv|m4v|mp4|webm|mkv|wmv|ogv|mov|divx|m2ts"

; Playlist Pattern
; This defines which playlist types Ampache will attempt to catalog
; You can specify any file extension you want in here separating them with
; a | but Ampache may not be able to parse them
; DEFAULT: m3u|m3u8|pls|asx|xspf
catalog_playlist_pattern = "m3u|m3u8|pls|asx|xspf"

; Prefix Pattern
; This defines which prefix Ampache will ignore when importing tags from
; your music. You may add any prefix you want separating them with a |
; DEFAULT: The|An|A|Die|Das|Ein|Eine|Les|Le|La
catalog_prefix_pattern = "The|An|A|Die|Das|Ein|Eine|Les|Le|La"

; Catalog disable
; This defines if catalog can be disabled without removing database entries
; WARNING: this increase sensibly sql requests and slow down Ampache a lot
; DEFAULT: false
;catalog_disable = "false"

; Delete from disk
; This determines if catalog manager users can delete media from disk.
; DEFAULT: false
;delete_from_disk = "false"

;#########################################################
; Program Settings                                       #
;#########################################################

; Downsample Remote
; If this is set to true and access control is on any users who are not
; coming from a defined 'network' ACL will be automatically downsampled
; regardless of their preferences. Requires access_control to be enabled
; DEFAULT: false
;downsample_remote = "false"

; Track User IPs
; If this is enabled Ampache will log the IP of every completed login
; it will store user, ip and time at one row per login. The results are
; displayed in Admin --> Users
; DEFAULT: false
;track_user_ip = "false"

; User IP Cardinality
; This defines how many days worth of IP history Ampache will track
; As it is one row per login on high volume sites you will want to
; clear it every now and then.
; DEFAULT: 42 days
;user_ip_cardinality = "42"

; Allow Zip Download
; This setting allows/disallows using zlib to zip up an entire
; playlist/album for download. Even if this is turned on you will
; still need to enabled downloading for the specific user you
; want to be able to use this function
; DEFAULT: false
;allow_zip_download = "false"

; Allow Zip Types
; This setting allows/disallows zip download of specific object types
; If empty, all supported object types can be zipped.
; Otherwise, only the given object list can be zipped.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: artist, album, playlist, search, tmp_playlist
; DEFAULT: none
;allow_zip_types = "album"

; File Zip Comment
; This is an optional configuration option that adds a comment
; to your zip files, this only applies if you've got allow_zip_downloads
; DEFAULT: Ampache - Zip Batch Download
;file_zip_comment = "Ampache - Zip Batch Download"

; Waveform
; This settings tells Ampache to attempt to generate a waveform
; for each song. It requires transcode and encode_args_wav settings.
; You must also set tmp_dir_path in order for this to work
; DEFAULT: false
waveform = "true"

; Waveform color
; The waveform color.
; DEFAULT: #FF0000
;waveform_color = "#FF0000"

; Waveform height
; The waveform height.
; DEFAULT: 32
;waveform_height = 32

; Waveform width
; The waveform width.
; DEFAULT: 400
;waveform_width = 400

; Temporary Directory Path
; If Waveform is enabled this must be set to tell
; Ampache which directory to save the temporary file to. Do not put a
; trailing slash or this will not work.
; DEFAULT: false
;tmp_dir_path = "false"

; This setting throttles a persons downloading to the specified
; bytes per second. This is not a 100% guaranteed function, and
; you should really use a server based rate limiter if you want
; to do this correctly.
; DEFAULT: off
; VALUES: any whole number (in bytes per second)
;throttle_download = 10

; This determines if a preview image should be retrieved from video files
; It requires encode_get_image transcode settings.
; DEFAULT: false
generate_video_preview = "true"

; Un comment if don't want Ampache to follow symlinks
; DEFAULT: false
;no_symlinks = "false"

; Use auth?
; If this is set to "Yes" Ampache will require a valid
; Username and password. If this is set to false then Ampache
; will not ask you for a username and password. false is only
; recommended for internal only instances
; DEFAULT: true
use_auth = "true"

; Default Auth Level
; If use_auth is set to false then this option is used
; to determine the permission level of the 'default' users
; default is administrator. This setting only takes affect
; if use_auth is false
; POSSIBLE VALUES: user, admin, manager, guest
; DEFAULT: guest
default_auth_level = "guest"

; 5 Star Ratings
; This allows ratings for almost any object in Ampache
; POSSIBLE VALUES: false true
; DEFAULT: true
ratings = "true"

; Enable filtering on browse pages for artists and albums.
; If you enable this setting the get_random and browse pages
; will remove artists and albums that are <= to that rating
; DEFAULT: false
;rating_browse_filter = "false"

; Set the rating that will be filtered
; e.g. 2 will filter 1 and 2 star albums and artists
; this setting must be set for the filter to work
; DEFAULT: null
;rating_browse_minimum_stars = 1

; Set the amount of items Album/Video of the Moment will display
; This was previously hardcoded into the site
; DEFAULT: 6
;of_the_moment = 6

; User flags/favorites
; This allows user flags for almost any object in Ampache as favorite
; POSSIBLE VALUES: false true
; DEFAULT: true
userflags = "true"

; Direct play
; This allows user to play directly a song or album
; POSSIBLE VALUES: false true
; DEFAULT: true
directplay = "true"

; Sociable
; This turns on / off all of the "social" features of Ampache
; default is on, but if you don't care and just want music
; turn this off to disable all social features.
; DEFAULT: true
sociable = "true"

; License
; This turns on / off all licensing features on Ampache
; DEFAULT: false
licensing = "false"

; This options will turn on/off Demo Mode
; If Demo mode is on you can not play songs or update your catalog
; in other words.. leave this commented out
; DEFAULT: false
;demo_mode = "false"

; Caching
; This turns the caching mechanisms on or off, due to a large number of
; problems with people with very large catalogs and low memory settings
; this is off by default as it does significantly increase the memory
; requirements on larger catalogs. If you have the memory this can create
; a 2-3x speed improvement.
; DEFAULT: false
;memory_cache = "false"

; Memory Limit
; This defines the "Min" memory limit for PHP if your php.ini
; has a lower value set Ampache will set it up to this. If you
; set it below 16MB getid3() will not work!
; DEFAULT: 32
;memory_limit = 32

; Album Art Preferred Filename
; Specify a filename to look for if you always give the same filename
; i.e. "folder.jpg" Ampache currently only supports jpg/gif and png
; Especially useful if you have a front and a back image in a folder
; comment out if Ampache should search for any jpg, gif or png
; DEFAULT: folder.jpg
;album_art_preferred_filename = "folder.jpg"

; Album Art Store on Disk
; This defines if arts should be stored on disk instead of database.
; DEFAULT: false
;album_art_store_disk = "false"

; Local Metadata Directory
; This define a local metadata directory with write access where to store
; heavy data if enabled (album arts, ...)
; DEFAULT: none
;local_metadata_dir = "/metadata"

; Maximal upload size
; Specify the maximal allowed upload size for images, in bytes.
; DEFAULT: 1048576
;max_upload_size = 1048576

; Album Art Minimum Width
; Specify the minimum width for arts (in pixel).
; DEFAULT: none
;album_art_min_width = 100

; Album Art Maximum Width
; Specify the maximum width for arts (in pixel).
; DEFAULT: none
;album_art_max_width = 1024

; Album Art Minimum Height
; Specify the minimum height for arts (in pixel).
; DEFAULT: none
;album_art_min_height = 100

; Album Art Maximum Height
; Specify the maximum height for arts (in pixel).
; DEFAULT: none
;album_art_max_height = 1024

; Resize Images * Requires PHP-GD *
; Set this to true if you want Ampache to resize the Album
; art on the fly, this increases load time and CPU usage
; and also requires the PHP-GD library. This is very useful
; If you have high-quality album art and a small upload cap
; DEFAULT: false
;resize_images = "false"

; Playlist Cover Art
; Set this to true if you want Ampache to generate
; cover art for playlists automatically based on
; the content.
; DEFAULT: false
;playlist_art = "false"

; Statistical Graphs * Requires PHP-GD *
; Set this to true if you want Ampache to generate statistical graphs on usages / users.
; This is false by default due to issues around the licensing of c-pchart.
;  https://github.com/ampache/ampache/issues/1515
;  http://www.pchart.net/license
; REFERENCE: https://github.com/ampache/ampache/wiki/chart-faq
; You can enable c-chart with the following command
;  composer require 'szymach/c-pchart'
; DEFAULT: false
;statistical_graphs = "false"

; Art Gather Order
; Simply arrange the following in the order you would like
; Ampache to search. If you want to disable one of the search
; methods simply leave it out. DB should be left as the first
; method unless you want it to overwrite what's already in the
; database
; POSSIBLE VALUES (builtins): db tags folder lastfm musicbrainz google
; POSSIBLE VALUES (plugins): Amazon,TheAudioDb,Tmdb,Omdb,Flickr
; DEFAULT: db,tags,folder,musicbrainz,lastfm,google
art_order = "db,tags,folder,musicbrainz,lastfm,google"

; Recommendations
; Set this to true to enable display of similar artists or albums
; while browsing. Requires Last.FM.
; DEFAULT: false
;show_similar = "false"

; Concerts
; Set this to true to enable display of artist concerts
; Requires Last.FM.
; DEFAULT: false
;show_concerts = "false"

; Last.FM API Key
; Set this to your Last.FM api key to actually use Last.FM for
; recommendations and metadata.
lastfm_api_key = "d5df942424c71b754e54ce1832505ae2"

; Last.FM API secret
; Set this to your Last.FM api secret to actually use Last.FM for
; scrobbling.
lastfm_api_secret = ""

; Wanted
; Set this to true to enable display missing albums and the
; possibility for users to mark it as wanted.
; DEFAULT: false
wanted = "false"

; Wanted types
; Set the allowed types of wanted releases (album,compilation,single,ep,live,remix,promotion,official)
; DEFAULT: album,official
wanted_types = "album,official"

; Wanted Auto Accept
; Mark wanted requests as accepted by default (no content manager agreement required)
; DEFAULT: false
;wanted_auto_accept = "false"

; EchoNest API key
; EchoNest provides several music services. Currently used for missing song 30 seconds preview.
;echonest_api_key = ""

; Labels
; Use labels to browse artists per label membership.
; DEFAULT: false
;label = "false"

; Broadcasts
; Allow users to broadcast music.
; This feature requires advanced server configuration, please take a look on the wiki for more information.
; DEFAULT: false
;broadcast = "false"

; Channels
; Set this to true to enable channels and the
; possibility for users to create channels from playlists
; DEFAULT: true
channel = "false"

; Live Streams
; Set this to true to enable live streams (radio) and the
; possibility for users to add new live streams.
; DEFAULT: true
live_stream = "true"

; Podcasts
; Set this to true to enable podcasts and the
; possibility for admins to subscribe to new podcasts.
; DEFAULT: false
;podcast = "false"

; Web Socket address
; Declare the web socket server address
; DEFAULT: determined automatically
;websocket_address = "ws://localhost:8100"

; Refresh Limit
; This defines the default refresh limit in seconds for
; pages with dynamic content, such as Now Playing
; DEFAULT: 60
; Possible Values: Int > 5
refresh_limit = "60"

; Embedded Now Playing Page
; Set this to true to enable the embedded Now Playing page (now_playing.php).
; This page allows for embedding a Now Playing badge into a stream
; or status page. Use with the parameter 'user_id' to filter by a
; specific user. This page is like rss in that it doesn't require a
; login to view.
; DEFAULT: false
;use_now_playing_embedded = "false"

; Now Playing Refresh Limit
; This defines the refresh limit in seconds for the
; Now Playing embedded page. This (now_playing.php) is not
; part of the normal application and is designed to be
; embedded in another app, like a stream or status page.
; If this value is not valid, automatic refresh will be disabled.
; DEFAULT: -1
; Possible Values; Int > 1
;now_playing_refresh_limit = "-1"

; Now Playing Custom CSS
; This defines the custom css file for the Now Playing embedded
; page. This (now_playing.php) is not part of the normal
; application and is designed to be embedded in another app, like
; a stream or status page.
; If this value is not set, no CSS will be used. Custom CSS can
; still be applied in the other application, like OBS.
; DEFAULT: Not enabled
;now_playing_css_file = "templates/now-playing.css"

; Footer Statistics
; This defines whether statistics (Queries, Cache Hits, Load Time)
; are shown in the page footer.
; DEFAULT: true
; Possible values: true, false
show_footer_statistics = "true"

; RSS Feeds
; Set this to true to enable rss feeds.
; (latest albums, shouts, albums of artist, ...)
; use_rss = false (values true | false)
; DEFAULT: use_rss = false
;use_rss = "false"

; This setting allows themes to overwrite PHP template files. This can be really
; dangerous. Do this only if you trust every theme in your themes/ directory.
; DEFAULT: false
;allow_php_themes = "false"

; Subsonic clients all seem to ignore the download method
; This setting will not scrobble actions from stream actions.
; (This means you can sync playlists without overloading your server)
; Make sure you enable scrobbling in your client to keep recording stats!
; DEFAULT: "true"
;subsonic_stream_scrobble = "false"

;#########################################################
; Debugging                                              #
;#########################################################

; Debug
; If this is enabled Ampache will write debugging information to the log file
; DEFAULT: false
;debug = "false"

; Debug Level
; This should always be set in conjunction with the
; debug option, it defines how prolific you want the
; debugging in Ampache to be. values are 1-5.
; 1 == Basic Errors
; 2 == Errors + Failures (login attempts etc.)
; 3 == Full Error Information
; 4 == General Information
; 5 == Full Information (cataloging progress etc.)
; DEFAULT: 5
debug_level = 5

; Path to Log File
; This defines where you want Ampache to log events to
; this will only happen if debug is turned on. Do not
; include trailing slash. You will need to make sure that
; the specified directory exists and your HTTP server has
; write access.
; DEFAULT: none
;log_path = "/var/log/ampache"

; Log filename pattern
; This defines where the log file name pattern
; %name.%Y%m%d.log will create a different log file every day.
; DEFAULT: %name.%Y%m%d.log
log_filename = "%name.%Y%m%d.log"

;#########################################################
; Encoding Settings                                      #
;#########################################################

; Charset of generated HTML pages
; Default of UTF-8 should work for most people
; DEFAULT: UTF-8
site_charset = "UTF-8"

; Locale Charset
; Local charset (mainly for file operations) if different
; from site_charset.
; This is disabled by default, enable only if needed
; (for Windows please set lc_charset to ISO8859-1)
; DEFAULT: ISO8859-1
;lc_charset = "ISO8859-1"

; Multibyte
; See http://php.net/manual/mbstring.supported-encodings.php
; If you want ID3v1 encoding detection to work, you should uncomment this line
; so that the ordering is sane.
; DEFAULT: auto
;mb_detect_order = "ASCII,UTF-8,EUC-JP,ISO-2022-JP,SJIS,JIS"

;#########################################################
; Custom actions (optional)                              #
;#########################################################

; Your custom play action title
;custom_play_action_title_0 = ""
; Your custom play action icon name (stored as /images/icon_[your_image].png)
;custom_play_action_icon_0 = ""
; Your custom action script, where:
;   - %f: the media file path
;   - %c: the excepted codec target (mp3, ogg, ...)
;   - %a: the artist name
;   - %A: the album name
;   - %t: the song title
;custom_play_action_run_0 = ""

; Example for Karaoke playing
;custom_play_action_title_0 = "Karaoke"
;custom_play_action_icon_0 = "microphone"
;custom_play_action_run_0 = "sox \"%f\" -p oops | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -f %c pipe:1"

;#########################################################
; LDAP login info (optional)                             #
;#########################################################

; LDAP server URL (required)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_url = "ldap://localhost/"
;ldap_url = "ldaps://localhost/"

; LDAP credentials (optional)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_username = ""
;ldap_password = ""

; LDAP Base DN for the search (required)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_search_dn = "ou=People,dc=yoursubdomain,dc=yourdomain,dc=yourtld"

; LDAP objectClass (required)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_objectclass = "posixAccount"          ; OpenLDAP
;ldap_objectclass = "organizationalPerson"  ; Microsoft Active Directory

; LDAP filter for search (required)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_filter = "(uid=%v)"                   ; OpenLDAP
;ldap_filter = "(sAMAccountName=%v)"        ; Microsoft Active Directory

; Require that the user is in a specific group (optional)
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_require_group = "cn=yourgroup,ou=yourorg,dc=yoursubdomain,dc=yourdomain,dc=yourtld"

; LDAP name field
; DEFAULT: = "cn"
;ldap_name_field = "cn"
;ldap_name_field = "displayName"

; LDAP email field
; DEFAULT: = "mail"
;ldap_email_field = "mail"

; LDAP avatar field
; DEFAULT: none
;ldap_avatar_field = "jpegPhoto"

; LDAP avatar mime type
; DEFAULT: image/jpeg
;ldap_avatar_mime = "image/jpeg"

; LDAP protocol version to use
; DEFAULT: 3
;ldap_protocol_version = 3

; LDAP StartTLS
; DEFAULT: false
;ldap_start_tls = "false"

; LDAP member attribute name.
; That's the name of the attribute of the group that will contain
; the usernames.
; DEFAULT: member
;ldap_member_attribute = "member"
;ldap_member_attribute = "memberuid"

;#########################################################
; OpenID login info (optional)                           #
;#########################################################

; Requires specific OpenID Provider Authentication Policy
; DEFAULT: none
; VALUES: PAPE_AUTH_MULTI_FACTOR_PHYSICAL,PAPE_AUTH_MULTI_FACTOR,PAPE_AUTH_PHISHING_RESISTANT
;openid_required_pape = ""

;#########################################################
; Public Registration settings, defaults to disabled     #
;#########################################################

; This setting will silently create an Ampache account
; for anyone who can login using LDAP (or any other login
; extension). The default is to create new users as guests
; see auto_user config option if you would like to change this
; DEFAULT: false
;auto_create = "false"

; This setting will silently update an Ampache account's
; information for anyone who can login using LDAP
; (or any other login extension).
; DEFAULT: false
;external_auto_update = "false"

; This setting turns on/off public registration. It is
; recommended you leave this off, as it will allow anyone to
; sign up for an account on your server.
; REMEMBER: don't forget to set the mail from address further down in the config.
; DEFAULT: false
allow_public_registration = "false"

; Require Captcha Text on Image confirmation
; Turning this on requires the user to correctly
; type in the letters in the image created by Captcha
; Default is off because its very hard to detect if it failed
; to draw, or they failed to enter it.
; DEFAULT: false
;captcha_public_reg = "false"

; This setting turns on/off admin notification of registration.
; DEFAULT: false
;admin_notify_reg = "false"

; This setting determines whether the user will be created as a disabled user.
; If this is on, an administrator will need to manually enable the account
; before it's usable.
; DEFAULT: false
;admin_enable_required = "false"

; This setting will allow all registrants/ldap/http users
; to be auto-approved as a user. By default, they will be
; added as a guest and must be promoted by the admin.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: guest, user, admin
; DEFAULT: guest
;auto_user = "guest"

; This will display the user agreement when registering
; For agreement text, edit config/registration_agreement.php
; User will need to accept the agreement before they can register
; DEFAULT: false
;user_agreement = "false"

; This disable email confirmation when registering.
; DEFAULT: false
;user_no_email_confirm = "false"

; This will display the cookie disclaimer (EU Cookie Law)
; DEFAULT: false
cookie_disclaimer = "false"

; The fields that will be shown on Registration page
; If a user wants to register.
; Username and email fields are forced.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: fullname,website,state,city
; DEFAULT: "fullname,website"
registration_display_fields = "fullname,website"

; The fields that will be mandatory
; This controls which fields are mandatory for registration.
; Username and email fields are forced mandatory.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: fullname,website,state,city
; DEFAULT: fullname
registration_mandatory_fields = "fullname"

;########################################################
; These options control the dynamic downsampling based  #
; on current usage                                      #
; *Note* Transcoding must be enabled and working        #
;########################################################

; Attempt to optimize bandwidth by dynamically lowering the bit rate of new
; streams. Since the bit rate is only adjusted at the beginning of a song, the
; actual cumulative bitrate for concurrent streams can be up to around
; double the configured value. It also only applies to streams that are
; transcoded.
; DEFAULT: none
;max_bit_rate = 576

; New dynamically downsampled streams will be denied if they are forced below
; this value.
; DEFAULT: 8
;min_bit_rate = 48

;######################################################
; These are commands used to transcode non-streaming
; formats to the target file type for streaming.
; This can be useful in re-encoding file types that don't stream
; very well, or if your player doesn't support some file types.
;
; 'Downsampling' will also use these commands.
;
; To state the bleeding obvious, any programs referenced in the transcode
; commands must be installed, in the web server's search path (or referenced
; by their full path), and executable by the web server.

; Input type selection
; TYPE is the extension. 'allowed' certifies that transcoding works properly for
; this input format. 'required' further forbids the direct streaming of a format
; (e.g. if you store everything in FLAC, but don't want to ever stream that.)
; transcode_TYPE         = {allowed|required|false}
; DEFAULT: false
;;; Audio
transcode_m4a = "required"
transcode_flac = "required"
transcode_mpc = "required"
transcode_ogg = "allowed"
;transcode_oga  = required
transcode_wav = "required"
;transcode_wma  = required
;transcode_aif  = required
;transcode_aiff = required
;transcode_ape  = required
;transcode_shn  = required
;transcode_mp3  = allowed
;;; Video
transcode_avi = "allowed"
transcode_mkv = "allowed"
transcode_mpg = "allowed"
;transcode_mpeg = allowed
;transcode_m4v  = allowed
;transcode_mp4  = allowed
;transcode_mov  = allowed
;transcode_wmv  = allowed
;transcode_ogv  = allowed
;transcode_divx = allowed
;transcode_m2ts = allowed
;transcode_webm = allowed

; Default audio output format
; DEFAULT: none
encode_target = "mp3"

; Default video output format
; DEFAULT: none
encode_video_target = "webm"

; Override the default output format on a per-type basis, for example,
; to stream lossless encoded files in lossy formats.
; encode_target_TYPE = TYPE
; DEFAULT: none
;encode_target_flac = opus

; Override the default TYPE transcoding behavior on a per-player basis, for example,
; to stream lossless using the api and lossy using the web interface.
; transcode_player_PLAYER_TYPE = TYPE
; Valid PLAYER is: webplayer, api
; DEFAULT: none
;transcode_player_webplayer_m4a = required
;transcode_player_webplayer_flac = required
;transcode_player_webplayer_mpc = required

; Override the default output format on a per-player basis
; encode_player_PLAYER_target = TYPE
; Valid PLAYER is: webplayer, api
; DEFAULT: none
;encode_player_webplayer_target = mp3
;encode_player_api_target = mp3

; Allow clients to override transcode settings (output type, bitrate, codec ...)
; DEFAULT: true
transcode_player_customize = "true"

; Command configuration. Substitutions will be made as follows:
; %FILE% => filename
; %BITRATE% => target bit rate (as chosen by the admin or users in the
; preferences, if transcode_player_customize = "true")
; You can do fancy things like VBR, but consider whether the consequences are
; acceptable in your environment.

; Master transcode command
; transcode_cmd should be a single command that supports multiple file types,
; such as ffmpeg or avconv. It's still possible to make a configuration that's
; equivalent to the old default, but if you find that necessary you should be
; clever enough to figure out how on your own.
; DEFAULT: none
transcode_cmd = "ffmpeg"
;transcode_cmd = "avconv"
;transcode_cmd = "/usr/bin/neatokeen"

; Transcode input file argument
transcode_input = "-i %FILE%"

; Specific transcode commands
; It shouldn't be necessary in most cases, but you can override the transcode
; command for specific source formats.  It still needs to accept the
; encoding arguments, so the easiest approach is to use your normal command as
; a clearing-house.
; transcode_cmd_TYPE = TRANSCODE_CMD
;transcode_cmd_mid = "timidity -Or -o – %FILE% | ffmpeg -f s16le -i pipe:0"

; Encoding arguments
; For each output format, you should provide the necessary arguments for
; your transcode_cmd.
; encode_args_TYPE = TRANSCODE_CMD_ARGS
encode_args_mp3 = "-vn -b:a %BITRATE%K -c:a libmp3lame -f mp3 pipe:1"
encode_args_ogg = "-vn -b:a %BITRATE%K -c:a libvorbis -f ogg pipe:1"
encode_args_opus = "-vn -b:a %BITRATE%K -c:a libopus -compression_level 10 -vsync 2 -f ogg pipe:1"
encode_args_m4a = "-vn -b:a %BITRATE%K -c:a libfdk_aac -f adts pipe:1"
encode_args_wav = "-vn -b:a %BITRATE%K -c:a pcm_s16le -f wav pipe:1"
encode_args_flv = "-b:a %BITRATE%K -ar 44100 -ac 2 -v 0 -f flv -c:v libx264 -preset superfast -threads 0 pipe:1"
encode_args_webm = "-q %QUALITY% -f webm -c:v libvpx -maxrate %MAXBITRATE%k -preset superfast -threads 0 pipe:1"
encode_args_ts = "-q %QUALITY% -s %RESOLUTION% -f mpegts -c:v libx264 -c:a libmp3lame -maxrate %MAXBITRATE%k -preset superfast -threads 0 pipe:1"
encode_args_ogv = "-codec:v libtheora -qscale:v 7 -codec:a libvorbis -qscale:a 5 -f ogg pipe:1"

; Encoding arguments to retrieve an image from a single frame
encode_get_image = "-ss %TIME% -f image2 -vframes 1 pipe:1"

; Encoding argument to encrust subtitle
encode_srt = "-vf \"subtitles='%SRTFILE%'\""

; Encode segment frame argument
encode_ss_frame = "-ss %TIME%"

; Encode segment duration argument
encode_ss_duration = "-t %DURATION%"

; Use segments for transcoding or send it all in one go.
; Useful if you are having issues streaming the full track.
; You can set it for all streams or a specific player
; POSSIBLE VALUES: true webplayer api
; DEFAULT: = false
;send_full_stream = "webplayer"

;#########################################################
; Proxy Settings (optional)                              #
;#########################################################

; If Ampache is behind an http proxy, specify the hostname or IP address
; port, proxy username, and proxy password here.
; DEFAULT: not in use
;proxy_host = "192.168.0.1"
;proxy_port = "8080"
;proxy_user = ""
;proxy_pass = ""

; If Ampache is behind an https reverse proxy, force use HTTPS protocol.
; DEFAULT: false
;force_ssl = "true"

;#########################################################
;  Mail Settings                                         #
;#########################################################

; Enable or disable email server features
; otherwise, you can reset your password
; and never receive an email with the new one
; Default: false
;mail_enable = "false"

; Method used to send mail
; POSSIBLE VALUES: smtp sendmail php
; DEFAULT: php
;mail_type = "php"

; Mail domain.
; DEFAULT: example.com
;mail_domain = "example.com"

; This will be combined with mail_domain and used as the source address for
; emails generated by Ampache.  For example, setting this to 'me' will set the
; sender to 'me@example.com'.
; DEFAULT: info
;mail_user = "info"

; A name to go with the email address.
; DEFAULT: Ampache
;mail_name = "Ampache"

; How strictly email addresses should be checked.
; easy does a regex match, strict actually performs some SMTP transactions
; to see if we can send to this address.
; POSSIBLE VALUES: strict easy none
; DEFAULT: strict
;mail_check = "strict"

;#########################################################
;  sendmail Settings                                     #
;#########################################################

; DEFAULT: /usr/sbin/sendmail
;sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail"

;#########################################################
;  SMTP Settings                                         #
;#########################################################

; Mail server (hostname or IP address)
; DEFAULT: localhost
;mail_host = "localhost"

; SMTP port
; DEFAULT: 25
;mail_port = 25

; Secure SMTP
; POSSIBLE VALUES: ssl tls
; DEFAULT: none
;mail_secure_smtp = tls

; Enable SMTP authentication
; DEFAULT: false
;mail_auth = "true"

; SMTP username
; your mail auth username.
;mail_auth_user = ""

; SMTP password
; your mail auth password.
;mail_auth_pass = ""

;#############################
;   Abbreviation Filter      #
;#############################
; For file name parsing. Any unnecessary abbreviations in file names can be removed during parsing
; by adding them to the list below so that they will be removed during the parsing process.
common_abbr = "divx,xvid,dvdrip,hdtv,lol,axxo,repack,xor,pdtv,real,vtv,caph,2hd,proper,fqm,uncut,topaz,tvt,notv,fpn,fov,orenji,0tv,omicron,dsr,ws,sys,crimson,wat,hiqt,internal,brrip,boheme,vost,vostfr,fastsub,addiction,x264,LOL,720p,1080p,YIFY,evolve,fihtv,first,bokutox,bluray,tvboom,info"

wagnered commented 4 years ago

Document root is set in the apache config file maybe named httpd.conf. see the apache.org documentation.

glucenag commented 4 years ago

I found the config file for apache2. There is no DocumentRoot option but I guess it defaults to /var/www/html since as I mentioned I see the apache2's default index.php if I put it in there.

So just to be clear you're recomending setting the DocumentRoot option to the ampache subfolder is that it ?

glucenag commented 4 years ago

UPDATE: I did not change anything in apache2 but you sort of hinted at it: what needed to be done was to change the web_path to "/ampache" in the ampache config file. That did, at least for the web browser part, i.e. if I open a browser (no wifi) and go to http://:777/ampache I hit the ampache login screen. I can log in and listen to music on my phone.

That's already awesome, so thanks for that ! Now I would love the Subsonic app, or DSub app to work with this. The ACL is all set by default in the ampache settings on the web page, but somehow whatever I enter for a url in the subsonic app does not quite work.

wagnered commented 4 years ago

See the Ampache API wiki to set up the API for subsonic clients to access Ampache. Scroll down to the "for apache users" section.

stebe commented 4 years ago

Rewrite needs to be enabled in Apache. I don't think it is by default. To check enter:

a2query -m rewrite
rewrite (enabled by site administrator)

To enable it: a2enmod rewrite

glucenag commented 4 years ago

Hey there. Yes I did enable url rewrite. In fact I followed all the steps in the section wagnered mentions in his last comment.

I found something else in fact: with web_path in the ampache config file set to "/ampache" I could make remote connection work (on a web browser on my phone, no wifi), as I already said, however then connecting from LAN failed. So I went back to check what install setps I took and remembered I set up a virtual host as per this guide

That is, I created a /etc/apache2/sites-available/ampache.conf file whose content is

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName SERVER_IP
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ampache-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ampache-access.log combined
    <Directory /var/www/html/ampache/>
    AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I think this last bit is the reason why, locally, I did not need to enter "/ampache" after my local IP. It was directing me to ampache as per the above file. Is that correct ? This is before I changed web_path in ampache config file of course.

OK so now my thinking is maybe I need another virtual host for my remote connections? Is that how this all works ? Sorry, pretty new to hosting web here.

Thanks a lot for bearing with me!

stebe commented 4 years ago

I only have one vhost defined in my configuration. Here is my apache setup.

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
  ServerName  ampache.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
  ServerAdmin webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx.net
  Protocols h2 http/1.1
  <FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
  </FilesMatch>
  <Proxy "fcgi://localhost/">
  </Proxy>
  <Directory /var/www/html/ampache/>
          DirectoryIndex index.php
          Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
  </Directory>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>

And the relevent part of my ampache config.


; The public path to your Ampache install
; Do not put a trailing / on this path
; For example if your site is located at http://localhost
; than you do not need to enter anything for the web_path
; if it is located at http://localhost/music you need to
; set web_path to /music
; DEFAULT: ""
web_path = ""

; The local http url of your server.
; This is used to access the server from within the
; same host where ampache is running.
; For example, if the ampache server is not
; directly accessed via the public domain but via a reverse
; proxy, local_web_path would need to be changed
; to a localhost URL.
; If not set, retrieved automatically from server information.
; DEFAULT: ""
;local_web_path = "http://localhost/ampache"

glucenag commented 4 years ago

Hey there. Very nice of you! I will assume you are able to remotely connect with such a setup, both via a web browser and via an app such as Subsonic or DSub ? I will try this in any case.

Any lines you think I should leave out ?

Also, I found out about these lines in the apache2 config file:

# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

You think I should better comment them out ?

stebe commented 4 years ago

They are enabled in my server, commenting them out would mean they can be downloaded and viewed. Something you don't want to happen.

glucenag commented 4 years ago

OK gotcha.

Here is what I tried (had to add some lines to your file at the end because it would not restart apache otherwise, saying the blocks were not closed basically / don't know if I did it right?):

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
  ServerName  xxx.xxx.org (some domain name from no-ip which correctly redirects to my public ip address)
  ServerAdmin webmaster@xxx.net (here I was not certain what to fill in actually ... is this part crucial?)
  Protocols h2 http/1.1
  <FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
  </FilesMatch>
  <Proxy "fcgi://localhost/">
  </Proxy>
  <Directory /var/www/html/ampache/>
          DirectoryIndex index.php
          Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
  </Directory>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>
</VirtualHost> (added line)
</IfModule> (added line)

I checked that openportchecktool.net sees my service on port 443 so that's not it.

So with the above file (but I'm guessing I did something wrong) I cannot connect locally nor remotely to ampache in a web browser ... :-(

stebe commented 4 years ago

I'd leave it as port 80 since you probably don't have ssl. Filesmatch and proxy are only if you are using php-fpm. Serveradmin isn't required, what you had was fine. Try this one. I also noticed in your ampache config you had "/" defined for the web path, try to take out the / as normally it should be just "".

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
  ServerName  xxx.xxx.org (some domain name from no-ip which correctly redirects to my public ip address)
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

  <Directory /var/www/html/ampache/>
          DirectoryIndex index.php
          Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
  </Directory>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>

</VirtualHost>

glucenag commented 4 years ago

Ah, thanks for adapting your file! It still fails to work (both remote and local).

grep * /var/log/apache2/error.log yields

[Thu Apr 30 17:01:38.868416 2020] [php7:error] [pid 13367] [client 37.185.131.194:7204] script '/var/www/html/login.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777//ampache/login.php
[Thu Apr 30 17:04:59.410232 2020] [php7:error] [pid 3176] [client 37.185.131.194:7184] script '/var/www/html/login.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777//ampache/login.php
[Thu Apr 30 22:02:32.177255 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10423] [client 109.143.165.3:5138] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:03:06.011374 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10495] [client 109.143.165.3:5146] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:10:22.295433 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10423] [client 109.143.165.3:5154] script '/var/www/html/browse.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:11:31.185880 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10758] [client 109.143.165.3:5160] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:11:33.978670 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10753] [client 109.143.165.3:5162] script '/var/www/html/mashup.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:12:22.431315 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10814] [client 109.143.165.3:5132] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:12:27.283236 2020] [php7:error] [pid 10810] [client 109.143.165.3:5129] script '/var/www/html/index.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:35:40.826511 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11536] [client 192.168.1.40:37474] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:35:46.088142 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11535] [client 192.168.1.40:37482] script '/var/www/html/song.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:35:52.173120 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11550] [client 192.168.1.40:37484] script '/var/www/html/stats.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:36:23.162855 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11538] [client 192.168.1.40:37494] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:36:28.278660 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11539] [client 192.168.1.40:37498] script '/var/www/html/logout.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:36:35.381581 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11537] [client 192.168.1.40:37500] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:37:03.675357 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11550] [client 109.143.165.3:5120] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://glucenag.hopto.org:777/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:43:44.916377 2020] [php7:error] [pid 11578] [client 192.168.1.40:37600] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/
[Thu Apr 30 22:56:30.555934 2020] [php7:error] [pid 12051] [client 192.168.1.40:37692] script '/var/www/html/util.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://192.168.1.6/ampache/

(my router redirects 777 to 80)

I had indeed spotted your "" instead of my "/" in the web_path of ampache's config file and had changed it (forgot to say, sorry).

I am really puzzled.

stebe commented 4 years ago

Are you accessing by ip address or hostname? Looks like you are trying by IP address which won't match the servername directive.

wagnered commented 4 years ago

Port 443 is for secure connections (https). You could use https with no port(default) or :443 at the end of the url. I suggest you recreate your original vhost with port 80. You might need both sometime.

Using port 777 with your client might complicate the rewrite rules. I suggest you have the subsonic client request port 80 unless you are running another app owning port 80 on the phone. If that is the case create a vhost watching *:777 and remove the port forwarding of port 777 to port 80.

glucenag commented 4 years ago

So with the file suggested by stebe (and web_path set to "" in ampache config) it works: on my phone with no wifi, "servername:777" does get me to the apache login screen and I can log in and playback music. That's nice, but now I cannot connect locally (on LAN). I guess this is because the virtual host is not set up with the server name and not the local IP address ?

@stebe you manage to connect locally to your setup as well as remotely ?

Thanks guys!

glucenag commented 4 years ago

UPDATE: I have modified the file to include the local IP address before the port specification in the vhost opening line. Now I can connect both locally and remotely (no wifi) to my ampache install. This is from a web browser (either on a laptop, locally, or on my phone, remotely). I can browse and playback music which is great. This is with web_path = "" in the ampache config file, as suggested by @stebe and with the following vhost file:

<VirtualHost local-ip:80>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
  ServerName  xxx.hopto.org
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

  <Directory /var/www/html/ampache/>
      DirectoryIndex index.php
          Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
  </Directory>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>

</VirtualHost>

The only remaining thing is the subsonic API part: it is enabled in the ampache config (via the webpage) but with the Subsonic app on Android, although I can connect and the "test connection" says "connection OK", I cannot playback any music (although I can browse it); wondering what's going on.

EDIT: in fact when connecting locally, the subsonic API seems to work and from my Subsonic app on Android I can playback songs on my phone ! However when connecting remotely, no playback.

mitchray commented 1 year ago

Closing due to inactivity (original issue seems resolved), reopen if still relevant

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