Unable to login

[huston9]

I have started a Docker convertx instance using Docker Compose. Initially, the only change I made was swapping "3000:3000" to "3001:3000" since another container already uses the 3000 port in my setup. I have been able to access the setup page and login page, but when I enter my credentials into the login page, it simply returns me to the login page to reenter my credentials. I am unable to reach the main conversion page. Any help would be much appreciated!

[huston9]

I have tried accessing both by my local network and remotely via Tailscale. Neither case has worked for me so far.

[ztgibby]

Seconding this issue, setup is similar to yours but I left all default configs.

[C4illin]

Set HTTP_ALLOWED=true

[huston9]

I did that - I also set ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION=true, but no luck yet. Am I supposed to be doing anything with the JWT_SECRET variable? Thanks for the advice btw; this seems like a cool tool and I'd love to get it working on my machine!

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[tremor021]

export HTTP_ALLOWED=true fixes it

[huston9]

export HTTP_ALLOWED=true fixes it

As in enter that line into my environmental variables? I'm new-ish to Docker, and am unfamiliar with how to use export in a compose file.

[tremor021]

Yes as environment variable

[huston9]

Tried that, but it didn't work.

Here is the environmental variables section of my docker-compose.yml:

environment:  
      - JWT_SECRET=password # will use randomUUID() if unset  
      - ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION=true  
      - export HTTP_ALLOWED=true

I don't know if this makes a difference in terms of finding a solution, but out of curiosity, I intentionally misentered my password. The "login" button sent me to a bare webpage that simply said {"message":"Invalid credentials."}. When I correctly enter my password, the "login" button simply refreshes the login page.

[tremor021]

no, export is someting you would type in the shell. Remove export from the compose file, leave just HTTP_ALLOWED=true

[huston9]

Ok, so taking export out, I then call sudo docker compose restart; do I then do sudo docker <container> attach and run export from there?

[C4illin]

Ok, so taking export out, I then call sudo docker compose restart; do I then do sudo docker <container> attach and run export from there?

Setting it as an environment should be enough

[huston9]

That didn't work...
Also, what would the point of using export be? I'm not sure where it would come in if I don't use it in either the compose file or the console?
Still having the same problem; can we reopen the issue, @C4illin? Thanks!

[C4illin]

export is used in bash and similar to set env variables which can also be set in docker compose. I think you are doing something weird with your docker compose. Set the env variable in the compose file and then attach and check what it actually is (using echo for example)

[huston9]

Ok, you're right - despite the environment section of my compose file being this (as above)

environment:  
      - JWT_SECRET=password # will use randomUUID() if unset  
      - ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION=true  
      - export HTTP_ALLOWED=true

...when I run sudo docker exec convertx env in my CLI, I don't see env variables show up for ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION nor HTTP_ALLOWED. I do see JWT_SECRET=password, though. I'm not sure why that shows up but the other two don't.

I thought maybe I had goofed the way I ended that first line (the JWT_SECRET line), causing the next two lines to not be read right, but when I switched the order so that the JWT_SECRET line was last, I still only saw JWT_SECRET in the environmental variables. I'm not sure what's going wrong at this point.

I've tried setting the environmental variables in a .env file and referencing it in the compose file with env_file:, but no dice there either.

I'm at a loss at the moment as to what else could be causing this problem. Any other thoughts? All and any help is much appreciated!

[tremor021]

we told you to remove "export" from environment variables

[huston9]

Oh, I did - I just copied the lines from my previous comment, and forgot I had export in there.

This is what I have:

environment:  
      - JWT_SECRET=password # will use randomUUID() if unset  
      - ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION=true  
      - HTTP_ALLOWED=true