Are you serving a single-file *.html wiki, or are you serving a folder with
a `tiddlywiki.info` wiki-definition file, and a "tiddlers/" folder full of
plain-text tiddlers ("node version")?
Best,
Joshua Fontany
On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 7:03:46 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:
> Yep, the 212 IP belongs to the server where I have Nginx and TiddlyWiki
> installed, so that's why I set the same IP in the host parameter. The
> server is headless, so with this configuration I can access the web page
> from any other computer on the same network. As for the "try_files $uri
> $uri/ @proxy =404;" line, I think I picked this up from one of the various
> pages I used to research the configuration. According to the default nginx
> file the, concerning "try_files" line: First attempt to serve request as
> file, then as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404. @proxy was a
> later addition.
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:25 AM Petri M. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This 192.168.1.212 is the IP of the server where the nginx and TW are
>> running? The thing is that the docs say that the "host" parameter is "...
>> *host* is the IP address on which the server listens" and " *n.n.n.n* -
>> listens for connections on the network interface with the specified IP
>> address". Afaik usually this is just 127.0.0.1 if you are connecting from
>> the same computer and it should be the same 127.0.0.1 in nginx as well.
>> Though I don't know, I guess it does not make a difference.
>>
>> Though I am curious about the try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy =404; command
>> you have there. I do not know about nginx but are you sure you need this?
>> What is this @proxy? You might want to take a peek at how that works.
>>
>> -Petri
>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:24:34 AM UTC+2 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure what you mean by initialised. I did re-install nodejs from
>>> the Node.js repository and am now running node v15.9.0/npm v7.5.4, and I
>>> installed Tiddlywiki via the directions given at tiddlywiki.com, with
>>> the global flag. tiddlywiki is installed in /usr/bin. My testwiki is
>>> still installed in /var/www/html and is owned by, and runs as
>>> www-data:www-data. I have it configured to start with the host IP:8080, so
>>> that it's not open to everywhere, and Nginx is running on the same server.
>>> It doesn't seem like the host should need to be set to 0.0.0.0. I am able
>>> access the wiki at the host IP:8080, and it seems to work fine. It's only
>>> when I try to access it through Nginx where it throws all the 400s.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:00:59 AM UTC-8 Petri M. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is your tiddlywiki initialised in the /usr/local/bin/tiddlywiki/ folder
>>>> OR is it at /usr/local/bin/tiddlywik/testwiki/? The first case is not
>>>> correct, so check this. Also you should double check that the wiki
>>>> actually
>>>> works from local network before trying to get nginx in the mix. If it is
>>>> running on a vps or somewhere where you do not have local connection to
>>>> then use the host=0.0.0.0 command so you can connect to it via vps_ip:port
>>>> from your own computer.
>>>>
>>>> -Petri
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 2:00:00 AM UTC+2 [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The TiddlyWeb syncadaptor plugin calls those URLs to interact with the
>>>>> node server. The node server loads tiddlers marked as "module-type:
>>>>> route"
>>>>> and maps them as handlers to those urls. The browser should be calling
>>>>> "/var/www/html/recipes/*default*/tiddlers.json" in order to get
>>>>> handled. If your wiki is loading, but the calls to "/status", etc are not
>>>>> getting back to the node server, then I'm not sure where the block would
>>>>> be.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>>> Joshua Fontany
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 2:28:25 PM UTC-8
>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, in the Nginx logs I see the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2021/02/17 14:22:32 [error] 4740#4740: *9 open()
>>>>>> "/var/www/html/status" failed (2: No such file or directory)
>>>>>> 2021/02/17 14:22:32 [error] 4740#4740: *13 open()
>>>>>> "/var/www/html/recipes/undefined/tiddlers.json" failed (2: No such file
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> directory)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can definitely say there are no "status" or "recipies" directories
>>>>>> or files in /var/www/html, so this seems like the obvious reason for the
>>>>>> 400 errors, but why are they being looked for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 2:19:40 PM UTC-8 Charles Anderson
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Honestly, I didn't know 0.0.0.0 could be used. I did try changing
>>>>>>> my startup command, but it didn't change the errors I get. Thanks for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> info, though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 1:19:20 AM UTC-8 Petri M. wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think your "host" command might be wrong when starting the wiki.
>>>>>>>> See here
>>>>>>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/static/WebServer%2520Parameter%253A%2520host.html.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For instance, I have a Docker + Caddy setup and I am starting the wiki
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> "host=0.0.0.0" command.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Petri
>>>>>>>> On Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 2:42:45 AM UTC+2
>>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to run TiddlyWiki in node.js, behind Nginx such that I
>>>>>>>>> can spin up various wikis, all accessible by appending the name of
>>>>>>>>> the wiki
>>>>>>>>> to the end of the URL.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - My test install is using Debian 10.8, Nginx
>>>>>>>>> 1.14.2-2+deb10u3, TiddlyWiki 5.1.23.
>>>>>>>>> - I'm running my testwiki from /var/www/html, as
>>>>>>>>> www-data:www-data.
>>>>>>>>> - I've created a unit file for it to run from systemd.
>>>>>>>>> - It is basically set to start as follows: node
>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/bin/tiddlywiki testwiki --listen host=192.168.1.212
>>>>>>>>> port=8080
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've used the following links for information:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - https://www.npmjs.com/package/tiddlywiki
>>>>>>>>> - http://www.brool.com/post/setting-up-tiddlywiki-behind-nginx/
>>>>>>>>> - https://ssine.ink/posts/tiddlywiki-setup/
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> https://blog.joshsullivan.io/2019/02/20/creating-online-tiddlywiki/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've even tried looking at different posts in this group but
>>>>>>>>> either my setup is not like what I'm reading about, or the fixes for
>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>> are just not working for me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I seem to have no problem running the wiki on it's own. It is
>>>>>>>>> accessible via port 8080, and works as expected. However, when I try
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> put it behind Nginx, I can access it over port 80, but I immediately
>>>>>>>>> get 3
>>>>>>>>> errors from syncer-browser-tiddlyweb:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - XMLHttpRequest error code: 404
>>>>>>>>> - Error retrieving skinny tiddler list: XMLHttpRequest error
>>>>>>>>> code: 404
>>>>>>>>> - Sync error while processing save of '$:/StoryList':
>>>>>>>>> XMLHttpRequest error code: 404
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Right now, my Nginx site file looks like this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> server {
>>>>>>>>> listen 80;
>>>>>>>>> listen [::]:80;
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> server_name _;
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> root /var/www/html;
>>>>>>>>> index index.html;
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> location /testwiki/ {
>>>>>>>>> try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy =404;
>>>>>>>>> proxy_pass "http://192.168.1.212:8080/";;
>>>>>>>>> proxy_set_header Host $host;
>>>>>>>>> proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
>>>>>>>>> proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For
>>>>>>>>> $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
>>>>>>>>> proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've changed this often while troubleshooting. I've just stuck
>>>>>>>>> with this configuration because I'm not longer seeing errors in the
>>>>>>>>> Nginx
>>>>>>>>> logs, so I'm starting to think Nginx is not the problem, but maybe
>>>>>>>>> the way
>>>>>>>>> I'm running the tw.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>
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