AwoogaSep 16, 2017
Teleonomic
@drwho I hope you'll pardon me a very basic computer question. I've been playing around with Huginn recently (heard about it from you, actually). I've got it up and running and I can access it via 127.0.0.1, but I'm trying to set up url for it. Do I need to register a domain name for Huginn running on an Nginx server on my personal computer? Again, apologies if this is really silly, but I am a mere biologist.
Sep 16, 2017 at 7:39amWeb
Show threadAwoogaSep 16, 2017

@brownmattb @drwho 127.0.0.1 is known as the loopback address, its your pc/laptop local default address. Everyone else in world sees thier own local pc....

When you need people elsewhere to see your website you need a non-local address, and this is either 4 or 6-digit set of numbers, or is associated with domain name.

SO you probably will need domain name, which points at hosted server - your pc could get different address each time u join network. #awooga any questions?

Show threadTeleonomicSep 16, 2017
@awooga @drwho thanks. I knew that 127.0.0.1 was just the local host. Figured I'd need to get a domain name for myself.
Show threadJohnnySep 16, 2017

@brownmattb @drwho To help think about why you should not give a name to 127.0.0.1, it already has a name your computer will respond to: "localhost". Only your own computer can see this address.

Beware of addresses beginning with 10.0 and 192.168 (e.g. 10.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.1) because these are reserved for local networks. Computers can communicate over these addresses, but they are local to your own home/office. You can't use these over the internet.

Show threadTeleonomicSep 20, 2017
@jmorrice Sorry this too me so long, but thanks for the info. I managed to solve the issue I was having, but I didn't know that stuff about 10.0 and 192.168 addresses. Thanks for taking the time to help a neophyte.
Show threadJohnnySep 20, 2017
@brownmattb Np - I love helping newbies
Show threadJohnnySep 16, 2017

@brownmattb @drwho

Are you trying to access your server from the internet or just from another computer at home?

Show threadThe DoctorSep 16, 2017
@brownmattb I would recommend putting Nginx in front of it. You don't need a domain, you can run it on a box a home without trouble. You can also put it on a bare EC2 instance or any other VPS.
Show threadTeleonomicSep 16, 2017
@drwho in front of means running it as a reverse proxy, right? I think that's what I've got it doing. I followed the instructions on github.
Show threadThe DoctorSep 16, 2017
@brownmattb That is correct. It sounds like you've got it going correctly. Have you been experimenting with agents or scenarios, or are you working with the examples right now?
Show threadTeleonomicSep 16, 2017
@drwho right now I've got it sending me daily weather reports, and that's about it. Next thing I'm trying is some of the Twitter agents.
Show threadThe DoctorSep 17, 2017
@brownmattb Yay!
Show threadTeleonomicSep 18, 2017
@drwho Mind if I ask you another stupid question? Changing the domain in .env and the server_name in nginx.conf doesn't seem to anything for me. I can never access the Huginn page by typing in the url I put there. Is there something I'm missing?
Show threadThe DoctorSep 18, 2017
@brownmattb How are you running Huginn? On your home box behind ye standard issue home router? What is the machine's name? What did you change DOMAIN and server_name to?
Show threadTeleonomicSep 19, 2017
@drwho Actually, your mention of machine name was the clue I needed. I got it figured out and am know well acquainted with the hostname and hosts files. Thanks, and sorry for the bother.
Show threadThe DoctorSep 19, 2017
@brownmattb No bother at all, glad I could help.
Show threadThe DoctorSep 16, 2017
@brownmattb Registering a domain for a personal computer is not necessary at all.
Show threadThe DoctorSep 16, 2017
@brownmattb My recommendation is to leave it on your machine at home. You're good to go. Nginx just caches pages and speeds up access as far as you're concerned at your browser. You can really only access it (the control panel) when you're at home but that's fine.