Re: How to access on different computers?

2023-07-14 Thread Christian Hammond 
Hi Lean,

It's possible, if they're on the same network. But this is a more general
networking question, and not something Review Board-specific. Review Board
itself isn't able to control whether it's available on your network, so
there's not anything you can modify there to make this happen.

The biggest challenge, since you're hosting on WSL, is to make the Apache
port (80 or 443) accessible over your network. Normally, WSL is protected
by both a firewall and by kind of being on its own private network. That's
where step 2 in my instructions comes in. You'll need to follow Microsoft's
instructions for making ports 80 and 443 available on your network (aka
"adding a route"). At that point, other computers should be able to access
it using your Windows PC's IP address.

The firewall changes also need to be made on the Windows PC. Those dictate
what ports other computers are allowed to access.

WSL makes this a bit more complicated. If you were installing on Ubuntu
itself, you might have an easier time. But it's doable.

Christian

On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 7:17 AM Lean Gerard 
wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> So basically I am running my RB using WSL on my windows pc and I want to
> access this on google chrome on my Ubuntu PC and other Windows PC. Will
> this be possible? I have changed the setting_local.py by
> 'localhost','ip-address' and etc.
>  I can access reviewboard on localhost and ip address on the pc it is
> installed in, but still not able to access it on other computers. I ahve
> also tried disabling the firewall on the ubuntu pc but still not able to
> reach the site.
>
> Many thanks,
> Lean
>
> On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 10:23:59 PM UTC+1 Christian Hammond wrote:
>
>> Hi Lean,
>>
>> To have a working shared install of Review Board (or any other web server
>> software), you'll need to do a few things:
>>
>> 1. Have a stable IP address that others can access.
>> 2. Make sure that IP address can route to your WSL. This will require
>> proxying a port (see
>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/networking). Also, make
>> sure the firewall allows this port.
>> 3. Set up a domain/subdomain in your network that can map to the IP. I'm
>> assuming your company has a centralized DNS server somewhere for this? If
>> you can't set up a domain, and must only use the IP, then you can specify
>> the IP in place of the domain, but I'll assume you can get a domain going.
>> 4. Configure the domain in Review Board (Admin UI -> General Settings)
>> and in your sitedir/conf/settings_local.py in ALLOWED_HOSTS.
>> 5. Configure Apache to serve up Review Board under your domain.
>>
>> A lot of this is dependent on your company/organization's networking
>> setup and policies, so I can only provide some broad guidance. But
>> hopefully the link above helps with the inability to reach it by IP.
>>
>> Christian
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:47 AM Lean Gerard 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have installed RB 5.0.4 on my local PC. I have installed RB using WSL.
>>> I have the website running on "localhost" on my web browser, I was hoping
>>> to connect the website that I have created to another PC I have, What is
>>> the best way to do this? I have tried using the IP address however it is
>>> not working, Please help.
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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Re: How to access on different computers?

2023-07-05 Thread Lean Gerard 
Hi Christian,

So basically I am running my RB using WSL on my windows pc and I want to 
access this on google chrome on my Ubuntu PC and other Windows PC. Will 
this be possible? I have changed the setting_local.py by 
'localhost','ip-address' and etc.
 I can access reviewboard on localhost and ip address on the pc it is 
installed in, but still not able to access it on other computers. I ahve 
also tried disabling the firewall on the ubuntu pc but still not able to 
reach the site.

Many thanks, 
Lean

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 10:23:59 PM UTC+1 Christian Hammond wrote:

> Hi Lean,
>
> To have a working shared install of Review Board (or any other web server 
> software), you'll need to do a few things:
>
> 1. Have a stable IP address that others can access.
> 2. Make sure that IP address can route to your WSL. This will require 
> proxying a port (see 
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/networking). Also, make 
> sure the firewall allows this port.
> 3. Set up a domain/subdomain in your network that can map to the IP. I'm 
> assuming your company has a centralized DNS server somewhere for this? If 
> you can't set up a domain, and must only use the IP, then you can specify 
> the IP in place of the domain, but I'll assume you can get a domain going.
> 4. Configure the domain in Review Board (Admin UI -> General Settings) and 
> in your sitedir/conf/settings_local.py in ALLOWED_HOSTS.
> 5. Configure Apache to serve up Review Board under your domain.
>
> A lot of this is dependent on your company/organization's networking setup 
> and policies, so I can only provide some broad guidance. But hopefully the 
> link above helps with the inability to reach it by IP.
>
> Christian
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:47 AM Lean Gerard  
> wrote:
>
>> I have installed RB 5.0.4 on my local PC. I have installed RB using WSL. 
>> I have the website running on "localhost" on my web browser, I was hoping 
>> to connect the website that I have created to another PC I have, What is 
>> the best way to do this? I have tried using the IP address however it is 
>> not working, Please help. 
>>
>> -- 
>> Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack: 
>> https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/
>> Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons: 
>> https://rbcommons.com/
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>>  
>> 
>> .
>>
>
>
> -- 
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> President/CEO of Beanbag 
> Makers of Review Board 
>

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Re: How to access on different computers?

2023-06-13 Thread Christian Hammond 
Hi Lean,

To have a working shared install of Review Board (or any other web server
software), you'll need to do a few things:

1. Have a stable IP address that others can access.
2. Make sure that IP address can route to your WSL. This will require
proxying a port (see
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/networking). Also, make sure
the firewall allows this port.
3. Set up a domain/subdomain in your network that can map to the IP. I'm
assuming your company has a centralized DNS server somewhere for this? If
you can't set up a domain, and must only use the IP, then you can specify
the IP in place of the domain, but I'll assume you can get a domain going.
4. Configure the domain in Review Board (Admin UI -> General Settings) and
in your sitedir/conf/settings_local.py in ALLOWED_HOSTS.
5. Configure Apache to serve up Review Board under your domain.

A lot of this is dependent on your company/organization's networking setup
and policies, so I can only provide some broad guidance. But hopefully the
link above helps with the inability to reach it by IP.

Christian

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:47 AM Lean Gerard 
wrote:

> I have installed RB 5.0.4 on my local PC. I have installed RB using WSL. I
> have the website running on "localhost" on my web browser, I was hoping to
> connect the website that I have created to another PC I have, What is the
> best way to do this? I have tried using the IP address however it is not
> working, Please help.
>
> --
> Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack:
> https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/
> Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons:
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>


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How to access on different computers?

2023-06-13 Thread Lean Gerard 
I have installed RB 5.0.4 on my local PC. I have installed RB using WSL. I 
have the website running on "localhost" on my web browser, I was hoping to 
connect the website that I have created to another PC I have, What is the 
best way to do this? I have tried using the IP address however it is not 
working, Please help.

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https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/
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