[BlueOnyx:26806] Re: Questions about host and domain name for system and logging on

[Starlite528]

The issue is that if I want to host the domain name used on the same
server, setting it up turns into a DNS Baron Munchausen bootstrapping
problem, esp. since you're not supposed to use the domain name as a virtual
site on the same server, as I understand it.

Torrance

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 7:24 PM Michael Stauber via Blueonyx <
blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> wrote:

> Hi Torrance,
>
> > I install 5211 from scratch and put in something for example localhost
> > for the name and localdomain for the domain name.  Later when I use my
> > web browser to log in to the system by IP address, when I enter the
> > credentials the page tries to redirect to
> > https://localhost.localdomain:81/gui
> > <https://localhost.localdomain:81/gui> .  I can then manually erase
> that
> > and put the IP address back in or I can edit my hosts file so this
> > happens in a sane way.
> >
> > Is this normal operation or am I missing something?
>
>
> The PHP framework used by the GUI (CodeIgniter) needs to know the proper
> host and domain name of the server it runs on and uses that for internal
> addressing and redirects. That's why the BlueOnyx setup script asks for
> it and why you shouldn't put "localhost.localdomain" there.
>
> Otherwise any attempts to connect to the GUI will redirect to
> https://localhost.localdomain:81/
>
> You can fix that in several ways. As "root" and from the shell either
> run the script to configure the network settings again:
>
> /root/network_settings.sh
>
> Or you can take a shortcut and just set the server name this way:
>
> /usr/sausalito/sbin/set_servername.pl configure [FQDN]
>
> Example:
>
> /usr/sausalito/sbin/set_servername.pl configure host.yourcompany.com
>
> Both ways will update the server name in CODB (the GUI's database
> backend) as well as in all relevant config files.
>
> Afterwards you should be able to access the GUI just fine, provided your
> browser cache doesn't play tricks. If it still redirects you to
> localhost, close the browser and open it again. That should do the trick.
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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