Dev install bound to 0.0.0.0?

sam · May 14, 2024, 6:47am

Its risky, cause you don’t want to open this to the world…

I think this does a reasonable job at answering?

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Custom IP Binding for Discourse Dev Installation

sam: Looking at discourse source code is there some way to get a dev install to bind to a custom ip or public ip?

gpt4o_bot: Yes, you can bind a Discourse development installation to a custom IP address or public IP. This is typically controlled via your web server or the configuration of the Discourse app itself. For Discourse running in development mode via the Rails server, you can specify the IP address it binds to when you start the server. By default, it binds to localhost Here’s how you can do it: Start the …

sam: ok but search the source code there may be a custom ENV var for it…

gpt4o_bot: It appears that the Discourse repository includes a relevant environment variable named UNICORN_BIND_ALL, which is used in the unicorn configuration. You can use this environment variable to control the IP address that the Unicorn server binds to. Here are the details: File: config/unicorn.conf.rb Code Snippet: listen ENV["UNICORN_LISTENER"] || "#{(ENV["UNICORN_BIND_ALL"] ? "" : "127.0.0…

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Dev install bound to 0.0.0.0?

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