Re: Change of server hostname does not change it everywhere

[Diogo Peralta Cordeiro]

Hi Harry,

> You mentioned `scripts/updateurls.php`twice - did you mean some other 
> script with the other?

My bad, the other was meant to be `updateuris.php`, but that's something 
we are only going to release with GNU social v2 (it's only present in 
nightly at the moment: 
https://notabug.org/diogo/gnu-social/src/nightly/scripts/updateuris.php) 
and, you shouldn't really need it as you're running a standalone single 
service :)

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

On 2020-05-29 14:18, Harri Suutari wrote:

> Thanks Diogo,
>
> running "php scripts/updateurls.php" fixed the URLs for me. My instance 
> is a standalone single service, so it is simpler without federated 
> dependencies.
>
> You mentioned `scripts/updateurls.php`twice - did you mean some other 
> script with the other?
>
> ---
>
> Harri
>
> On 2020-05-29 01:02, Diogo Peralta Cordeiro wrote:
> 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,