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[Help Wanted] Getting "Cannot GET /" and "Unknown Error" after setting up a self-hosted server #1459

Closed adamcfe closed 1 year ago

adamcfe commented 2 years ago

Hi folks, I am struggling with setting up a self-hosted server. I guess I may be missing something quite basic, so I'd be grateful if more experienced eyes could take a look into it with me. Many thanks!

Describe the issue I followed the official instructions for self-hosting with Docker. I got an "OK" after running curl http://localhost:3000/healthcheck but "Cannot GET /" after using curl http://localhost:3000/ (with or without the slash at the end, if that matters). Desktop client and Android mobile client return "Unknown Error" when trying to register a new account.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Follow the instructions (install everything as root).
  2. Use curl http://localhost:3000/healthcheck and get OK.
  3. Use curl http://localhost:3000/ or curl http://localhost:3000.
  4. See the following:

\<!DOCTYPE html> \ \ \ \Error \ \ \

Cannot GET /
\ \

...or just "Cannot GET /" in the browser.

Expected behavior Devices should be able to register new accounts. As to what I should see instead of "Cannot GET /", I do not know.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

Logs (level set to all in .env and api-gateway.env, and to "all" in auth.env) are available here.

moughxyz commented 2 years ago

This is the correct behavior in the browser. You should plug http://localhost:3000 in the app as custom sync server.

Open Dev Tools > Network, and see what error you get when you try to register.

adamcfe commented 2 years ago

I have a headless server so cannot directly enter http://localhost:3000 in Standard Notes settings (I can only do so on a client on a different machine). I have an apache2 reverse proxy configured which routes all traffic through an https address to http://localhost:3000. I include the configuration thereof, just to be sure.

I am not quite sure what you propose me to do. I assume you meant trying to register the account and observe the Network tab in Firefox. I was not able to see much of it as the server miraculously started working.

I was reading and re-reading the .env files and did a routine restart of the service with ./server.sh stop && ./server.sh start for no real reason. I am sure I did it before without introducing any changes. I then tried to register an account through app.standardnotes.com and it worked, and it was also possible to login from desktop and register another account from an Android client.

Well, I guess this is the most ambivalent turn it could have taken, as I am still none the wiser as to what was wrong, but at least it works.

Thank you so much for your time. You are the best.

PS: Do I understand correctly that it would not be possible to use the same subdomain I have for the server also for the web app? I think about what to do with the address (sn.mydomain.tld), as it now sits idle and will probably show "Cannot GET /" to the world until the heat death of the universe. I would much rather use it for the web app's interface or some other worthy cause.

moughxyz commented 2 years ago

Glad you got it working!

The web app is totally separate infra-wise. Don't think you'll be able to set it to the same root. Maybe a subdomain.

myreli commented 1 year ago

It seems like this issue is unlikely to receive more interaction, so I'll close it.

(This is a community effort to triage older issues in the forum. If this was a mistake please feel free to re-open the issue.)