Re: [xwiki-users] Watchlist email links use localhost instead of server hostname

On 23 Sep 2016, at 23:20, Eduard Moraru <enygma2002(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: Classic "cause" vs "manifestation" :)

-Eduard > > -Vincent > >> Thanks, >> Eduard >> >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Thomas Mortagne < > thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Paul Libbrecht &lt;paul(a)hoplahup.net&gt; > wrote: >>>> And what if there was no request since the start but the watch list > must >>> fire? >>> >>> This is not possible since you need a request for the watchlist to be >>> initialized along with XWiki. >>> >>>> To me relying on a first request is really dangerous, also there are >>> cases where ProxyPreserveHost is not accessible (I had the case of > having >>> just mod_rewrite and no mod_proxy‎). >>>> ‎ >>>> A hard solution is to install a URL factory that is absolute (i've >>> published one here, it has too many things but has worked for me), > another >>> is to change de tomcat config if available. >>>> Paul‎ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- fat fingered on my z10 -- >>>> Message d'origine >>>> De: Clemens Klein-Robbenhaar >>>> Envoyé: Freitag, 23. September 2016 16:15 >>>> À: XWiki Users >>>> Répondre à: XWiki Users >>>> Objet: Re: [xwiki-users] Watchlist email links use localhost instead of >>> server hostname >>>> >>>> >>>> If I remember correctly, XWiki uses the first incoming request to store >>> the information by which hostname it is called, and uses this > information >>> in the background thread that sends the watchlist mails. >>>> >>>> a) If you are sure that everyone accesses your wiki through the actual >>> host name, you should be able to fix the problem by restarting the wiki >>>> b) If that does not help: check if you have a proxy in front of XWiki; >>> maybe that proxy does not pass through the "host" header from the > browser >>>> (e.g apache httpd needs a "ProxyPreserveHost On" in its configuration > to >>> do so.) >>>> c) Finally if you want to enfore the usage of a host name, and you can >>> add something like >>>> >>>> wget --retry-connrefused --tries=100 --header 'Host: jabba.jabba.hey' >>> http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ >>>> >>>> to your start script to make sure XWiki uses a certain domain for the >>> watchlist mails >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> Clemens >>>> >>>> On 09/22/2016 09:41 AM, Hofstätter Mario wrote: >>>>> The watchlist mail notifications we are receiving from our xwiki > server >>> have hyperlinks to the corresponding pages, but the link starts with " >>> http://localhost/" as opposed to the actual server hostname. >>>>> How may we fix this? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Mario