Realtime - self hosted websocket for instant updates

ernestdefoe

I'm trying the best I know how to to get this extension installed and working but I'm having some major issues. I am using CloudFlare but for DNS only just wanted to throw that out there, Here is what the console says and I'm not sure how to fix it. Can someone please help me.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe the websocket is either not running - or you can't establish a connection. The port you are using is quite unusual so it might be blocked by a firewall?

ernestdefoe

I'm using Plesk and I'm not sure how to change ports or anything like that. According to the documentation for this extension the default port is 6001. If you could guide me like I am a 3 year old I would appreciate it. I try and most things I can get/understand but this is like Greek to me.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe I have setup realtime in a plesk environment - was a bit of a pain but I managed to get it running on multiple sites. Disclaimer: You need to make sure the port you are using is allowed through you firewall settings.

Modify your config.php file to include this block (I use 2083 as a port in this example):

'websocket' => [
   'server-port' => '2083',
   'js-client-port' => '443',
   'php-client-port' => '2083',
   'php-client-host' => 'localhost',
   'php-client-secure' => false,
  ]

Add to your Nginx configuration the following (modify the ID and port to your configuration):

location ^~ /app/ID {
	proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2083;
	proxy_http_version 1.1;
	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
	proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
	proxy_set_header Host $host;
}

Add a scheduled task within your domains config to run the scheduler (I run it once daily just to make sure it's running). You will need to modify paths specific to your installation: cd /var/www/vhosts/YOURDOMAIN/httpdocs && /opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin/php flarum realtime:serve >> /dev/null 2>&1

If you have done that it should work 😉

ernestdefoe

GreXXL Thsnk you. Will try this as soon as I get a chance and let you know.

ernestdefoe

GreXXL Add to your Nginx configuration the following (modify the ID and port to your configuration):

How do you get the ID? Sorry I’m so dumb when it comes to this stuff but I truly appreciate the help

ernestdefoe

GreXXL Add a scheduled task within your domains config to run the scheduler (I run it once daily just to make sure it's running). You will need to modify paths specific to your installation: cd /var/www/vhosts/YOURDOMAIN/httpdocs && /opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin/php flarum realtime:serve >> /dev/null 2>&1

Ok got the task to run successfully finally. Still need help on figuring out the app id.

luceos

ernestdefoe right I already implemented that 😊 You would probably have to update the command here:

GreXXL Add a scheduled task within your domains config to run the scheduler (I run it once daily just to make sure it's running). You will need to modify paths specific to your installation: cd /var/www/vhosts/YOURDOMAIN/httpdocs && /opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin/php flarum realtime:serve >> /dev/null 2>&1

GreXXL

ernestdefoe if you manually start the websocket in debug mode you can see the app key (see first post): php flarum realtime:serve -vvv --debug

ernestdefoe

GreXXL Is there any other way of getting that info cause when I try that command it says it's already running.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe this is because you already started the task with the scheduler. You can kill the task started by the scheduler to run the debug command. After gathering the information you can re-run the scheduler task.

ernestdefoe

GreXXL Well I figured out how to get the key by looking at the log file but it's still not working.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe can you share more on your configuration? It's difficult to tell without further context.

ernestdefoe

What all do you need to know and I will do my best to let you know.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe screenshots showing the configuration you have chosen in the parts I mentioned above, your php flarum info output and any error message you get in the browser and logfiles. If you find this too complicated you can always choose the advanced plan of this extension to get professional installation help: https://extiverse.com/extension/blomstra/realtime?key=realtime-advanced-edition

ernestdefoe

GreXXL I think I got it. Not getting anymore errors in the console for the past 5 minutes. It used to show up almost instantly. I used your info but had to change the port back to 6001 as that's what port it's running on according to the settings.php file for the extension but again no errors at all so far. Thank you so much for all your help and getting me pointed in the right direction.

ernestdefoe

I'll work on all that later. I'm gonna wipe the server and reinstall Plesk as I was getting a ton of errors when using Composer and issues with the site loading after installing some extensions that I know work so I must have messed something up along the way. I really appreciate the help and I will get those screenshots and other info after I reinstall everything and try this one more time. As far as changing plans to get the professional help I can't afford that much and I'd rather waste the $20 I paid for this plan. No offense to the extension author I just don't have that kind of money to play with for a hobby website that only have one member at the moment.

ernestdefoe

ernestdefoe So yeah I didn't get it fixed after all. Everytime I would try to make a post I would get the Oops an error occurred message. Really not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks for the help. Guess I won't be using this extension.

GreXXL

ernestdefoe what does the log say?

ernestdefoe

I have reinstalled Plesk again using a clean os without Plesk being installed automatically and I have disabled SELinux to see if that may be causing me issues. In the browser console it wasn’t giving me any issues until I tried to post something and then I got the whole Opps an error occurred message at the bottom of the screen. Will give this another go after I get off work. If I can’t get it this time then I guess I’m just not gonna be able to use it. I can’t afford to upgrade and get the professional installation so if I can’t figure it out then I guess that’s that.

luceos

ernestdefoe Opps an error occurred message

Check the flarum logs in storage/logs when that happens. And please stop reinstalling everything, it usually never leads to the solution only in longer fix times.

ernestdefoe

luceos This is what shows in the flarum error logs when I try and make a post.

[2023-11-02 03:12:26] flarum.ERROR: Exception: 2, stream_socket_server(): unable to connect to tcp://0.0.0.0:6001 (Address already in use), /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/react/socket/src/TcpServer.php:175 in /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/blomstra/realtime/src/Websocket/Console/ServeCommand.php:106 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: Blomstra\Realtime\Websocket\Console\ServeCommand->errorHandler() #1 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/react/socket/src/TcpServer.php(175): stream_socket_server() #2 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/react/socket/src/Server.php(77): React\Socket\TcpServer->__construct() #3 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/blomstra/realtime/src/Websocket/Console/ServeCommand.php(48): React\Socket\Server->__construct() #4 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/container/BoundMethod.php(36): Blomstra\Realtime\Websocket\Console\ServeCommand->handle() #5 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/container/Util.php(40): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container\{closure}() #6 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/container/BoundMethod.php(93): Illuminate\Container\Util::unwrapIfClosure() #7 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/container/BoundMethod.php(37): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod() #8 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(653): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call() #9 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/console/Command.php(136): Illuminate\Container\Container->call() #10 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(298): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute() #11 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/illuminate/console/Command.php(121): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() #12 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1058): Illuminate\Console\Command->run() #13 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(301): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() #14 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(171): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() #15 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/vendor/flarum/core/src/Console/Server.php(42): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() #16 /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs/flarum(24): Flarum\Console\Server->listen() #17 {main}

@GreXXL Here is the output of flarum info

`Flarum core: 1.8.3
PHP version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19
MySQL version: 10.3.38-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Loaded extensions: Core, date, libxml, openssl, pcre, zlib, filter, hash, pcntl, Reflection, SPL, session, standard, sodium, mysqlnd, PDO, xml, calendar, ctype, curl, dom, mbstring, FFI, fileinfo, ftp, gd, gettext, iconv, imap, json, exif, mysqli, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, readline, shmop, SimpleXML, sockets, sqlite3, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tokenizer, xmlreader, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, ionCube Loader, Zend OPcache
+----------------------+---------+--------+
| Flarum Extensions | | |
+----------------------+---------+--------+
| ID | Version | Commit |
+----------------------+---------+--------+
| flarum-flags | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-approval | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-tags | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-subscriptions | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-lock | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-suspend | v1.8.1 | |
| flarum-sticky | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-statistics | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-mentions | v1.8.2 | |
| flarum-markdown | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-likes | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-lang-english | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-emoji | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-bbcode | v1.8.0 | |
| blomstra-realtime | 0.2.18 | |
+----------------------+---------+--------+
Base URL: https://www.diablosanctuary.xyz
Installation path: /var/www/vhosts/diablosanctuary.xyz/httpdocs
Queue driver: sync
Session driver: file
Mail driver: mail
Debug mode: off

I input all the info you posted above except I changed the port back to 6001 as the settings.php file has.

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