Re: Change of server hostname does not change it everywhere

[Diogo Peralta Cordeiro]

Hi,

> anyone out there?

I'm here! :)
I don't know how many people still are monitoring this mailing list tho, 
but there other friendly helpful pals in the project's IRC channel at 
#social@irc.freenode.net that may give you further assistance! ^^

> Changing a hostname of the server hosting a Gnusocial instance seems to 
> be a bit problematic. The visible setting under Admin / PATHS / Server 
> does not change the hostname everywhere. The old hostname, possibly 
> non-functional, remains on the URLs of the posts.

Yes, that's true, I think running `scripts/updateurls.php` and 
`scripts/updateurls.php` after doing such changes might fix most if not 
all the issues tho.
Note that, although for a non-federated-enabled GNU social instance it 
is entirely fine to do such change, in the context of the free network, 
doing this kind of change is a bit more complicated - the webfinger 
aliases must reflect this change for a smooth transition and eventual 
other nuances required by the OStatus protocol (for ActivityPub this 
would probably be enough but I still have to check).

> Does anyone know how to fix this? Possibly replacing a string in the 
> mysql database directly?

It kinda is that easy for a non-federated-enable instance, but it's a 
bit more complicated for a federating one. I'll see if we check this up 
during the summer.

Happy hacking,
---
Diogo Peralta Cordeiro
Developer
GNU social
https://www.diogo.site/

On 2020-05-28 21:16, Harri Suutari wrote:
> Hello,
> anyone out there?
>
> Changing a hostname of the server hosting a Gnusocial instance seems
> to be a bit problematic. The visible setting under Admin / PATHS /
> Server does not change the hostname everywhere. The old hostname,
> possibly non-functional, remains on the URLs of the posts.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this? Possibly replacing a string in the
> mysql database directly?
>
>
> Regards,