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Can't connect to channels (even local)

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:55:21 +0100

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I just set up a new Hubzilla instance using Softaculous. It seems to work fine except I can't connect to any channel from any channel, even when both are on the same server. It always says "Channel discovery failed.". This happens regardless of whether I add the channel by name under "Manage your connections" or if I click the Connect button on their channel page. I have tried deleting and reinstalling.

The debug logs show:

2019-03-02T13:19:20Z:LOG_INFO:5c91000ac4:network.php:370:z_post_url: z_post_url: error: https://<domain>/.well-known/zot-info: 
2019-03-02T13:19:20Z:LOG_INFO:5c91000ac4:Finger.php:107:run: zot_finger: https failed. falling back to http
2019-03-02T13:19:20Z:LOG_INFO:5c91000ac4:network.php:370:z_post_url: z_post_url: error: http://<domain>/.well-known/zot-info: 
2019-03-02T13:19:20Z:LOG_INFO:5c91000ac4:Finger.php:125:run: zot_finger: no results
2019-03-02T13:19:20Z:LOG_INFO:5c91000ac4:follow.php:189:new_contact: follow: Channel discovery failed.

If I navigate to http://<domain>/.well-known/zot-info then I get an 404 (nginx). This isn't true for the demo site ( https://demo.hubzilla.org/.well-known/zot-info ).

Could this be a problem with the rewrite rules in .htaccess? They look consistent with what's in the source code. Note that I'm running on a subdomain mapped onto a subfolder of my web root. Could the nginx config be screwing up mod_rewrite?

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Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:39:08 +0100

Thanks, I'll look for the nginx config. The URL is at https://sub1.foobar.com/ so the app thinks it's at domain root.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:52:39 +0100

Found it. This is shared hosting, so I'll ask the support team if the required config can be applied for my subdomain.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:42:06 +0100

They won't make nginx config changes on shared hosting, so I'll have to look elsewhere. Mystery solved though - thanks for your help!

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 15:36:25 +0100

@Nebby Shared hosting with only Nginx is very uncommon precisely because it needs more direct configuration as doesn't understand .htaccess files. Are you sure there isn't an option to enable Apache on it?
I am running Hubzilla sucessfully on a shared host that runs Apache behind a Nginx reverse-proxy.

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:46:48 +0100

That's what I would have thought. I'll poke them again, thanks.

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:17:15 +0100

So the shared hosting server is running Apache behind an nginx reverse-proxy, which brings me back to wondering why .htaccess rewrite rules aren't being applied.

@poVoq can you point me to any resources or give any tips about your setup, with regard to url rewrites and/or .htaccess?

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:17:48 +0100

*please, I should have said

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:34:42 +0100

@Nebby all the standard Hubzilla setup, no specific changes necessary. The shared host I am using it on is running a Plesk based platform.