Hi all!
I’ve had Nextcloud installed on Docker and it has been working for a while until now.
I had to change my server from wifi to Ethernet and gave it a new static IP. I also uninstalled docker and reinstalled it so I’d be starting fresh.
I have Nextcloud working and when I go to localhost:8070, Nextcloud works properly. When I use another device connected to the same network by wifi, it doesn’t work.
I made sure the config.php file has the server’s static IP address listed in the trusted domains category.
This used to work before but now after hours of troubleshooting, I’m all out of ideas and frustrated 😩 Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: My wife to stroll by and casually was all “did you check Windows Firewall?” and lo and behold, Windows Firewall chose today to block private connections on Docker Desktop backend -_-
Once I enabled it everything worked perfectly. Leaving this up here in case someone else stumbles upon this exact issue.
Tbh, to troubleshoot this rather elaborate problem (many things changed) we need more info. Besides, there is a NC community on lemmy and a NC community I think on help.nexctloud.com which should have pretty easy answers. I‘ve been asking questions there a lot and they’re experts.
Oh good advice! I’ll subscribe to the Nextcloud community. Didn’t cross my mind that it would exist haha.
Always happy to help!
Can you reach the server’s IP in general from other PCs in your network? Or is the issue restricted to the nextcloud service?
Ya, other services that I was running on that machine were accessible by IP address by other devices on the network, it was just Nextcloud giving me grief. Turns out the firewall decided docker was no longer friends. Everything is working great now :)
Stupid question, but you’re entering the servers_ipaddress:8070
When trying to access from a computer other than the server, Correct?
Ya I was trying to access http://192.168.2.x.
I had been troubleshooting for hours only for my wife to stroll by and be all “did you check Windows Firewall?” and lo and behold, Windows Firewall chose today to block private connections on Docker Desktop backend -_-
Once I enabled it everything worked perfectly. Leaving this up here in case someone else stumbles upon this exact issue.
Have a look into the logs of nc and see if it complains about a trusted proxy or similar. The ip range within a container network often changes between resstarts and that was a problem for me with my reverse proxy setup.
I would check your router’s device table. See if you can find your nextcloud instance. It shouldn’t have a different IP given what you’ve done, but it still sometimes happens. Checking the router first will cut down your troubleshooting time.
