Xip.io resolution fails, have to reinstall katon now and then

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Xip.io resolution fails, have to reinstall katon now and then #77

Open jsierles opened 9 years ago

jsierles commented 9 years ago

Every couple days, it seems the xip.io resolution stops working and I have to run katon install. Any idea what could cause this?

typicode commented 9 years ago

I've had reports on another project using xip.io, that sometimes on Windows, there was a:

This webpage is not available

ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

But, I don't know what might cause this. Do you have the same error? Is it solved immediately after running katon install?

jsierles commented 9 years ago

I'm on a mac - it looks like it happens at reboot time. I'll test some more and report. It's solved after running katon install

typicode commented 9 years ago

Thanks (not on a mac right now).

Basically, katon install does two things:

creates /etc/resolver/ka which makes .ka domain use katon local DNS server.
creates /Library/LaunchDaemons/katon.firewall.plist which sets a firewall rule to redirect port 80 to katon http server port 31000.

jsierles commented 9 years ago

This issue seems to be related to dynamic IP addresses changing. Every time my IP address is changed by DHCP, I have to reinstall katon. Will look into this some more.

typicode commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the update.