Hi there!
Trying to use email validation for new users and stuck with a problem.
Web2Py is running in its own container and listens localhost:8000. Apache
is dealing with incoming requests at ports 80 and 443, since I've got other
web applications and routes web2py requests to localhost:8000 as follows:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
AddHandler mod_python .py
PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
PythonDebug on
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
AddHandler mod_python .py
PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
PythonDebug on
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
Alias /web2py /home/www-data/web2py/applications
### admin requires SSL
<LocationMatch "^/admin">
SSLRequireSSL
</LocationMatch>
### appadmin requires SSL
<LocationMatch "^/welcome/appadmin/.*">
SSLRequireSSL
</LocationMatch>
### serve static files directly
<LocationMatch "^/welcome/static/.*">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</LocationMatch>
### proxy all the other requests
<Location "/welcome">
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
ProxyPass http://localhost:8000/welcome
ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8000/
</Location>
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t %>s %b" common
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
<Location "/">
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
ProxyPass http://localhost:8000/
ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8000/
</Location>
LogFormat "%h %l" common
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log common
</VirtualHost>
So, the problem is Web2Py thinks it is running and receiving localhost
requests and therefore sends a localhost email validation link which is
really a mess, since the user will try to open this link at home and find a
non-existent url:
Click on the link
http://localhost:8000/DNSAdmin/default/user/verify_email/12c362dc-ca0e-4699-87a0-997f819ba50d
to verify your email
Any hints? Thanks!
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