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  • Different networks entirely. AFAICT no IP is hardcoded, only domain names which are the same.

    But… please feel free to check the URL, it seems to work.

    My hypothesis is that the player in the browser, maybe due to WebWorks, had cached the IP of the content. So I was getting the UI/API from the new IP but the content itself (namely video files) from the old IP which might have created some CORS/CSP issues and that the player itself blocked it. (updating the post on the forum with that idea in case others get in a similar situation)


  • Is the docker container spinning up and running, or failing and exiting?

    Running and healthy

    Run docker ps, it’ll tell you how long your containers have been running or if they exited.

    Indeed and they don’t exit.

    If everything is running then it’s most likely network, and I’d need to know how it is you used to access it on the old server (web address? Ip?)

    It it accessible via the domain name so networking, as least for UI and API, is working fine. Reverse proxy does let traffic go through.

    If it’s not running then you get to dig through error logs to get to the next step 🤓

    I checked error logs of all containers and seems fine. The only error I see are client side.















  • This kind of posts typically hint at how manipulable we all are… and it’s true, but what they omit is the cost.

    Readying a random meme and getting “pwned” by it typically gets you a good laugh. Sharing your bank details over the phone does not. So… what this kind of stuff does rather show how rational most of us are, namely we don’t mind getting played if we have fun doing it.




  • I mean… detecting (some) VPNs is as trivial as

    fetch('https://github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/raw/refs/heads/main/output/vpn-ipv4.txt').then( res => res.text() ).then( res => console.log( res.includes( "1.2.3.4" ) ) )

    thanks to https://github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/

    FWIW though I did try, connected via a random VPN from ProtonVPN from Argentina… and it wasn’t in that list. So it’s not perfect. Also ProtonVPN has apparently today 13K servers according to https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers

    That being said I can imagine that Google, which is literally built on crawling the Web, has all the infrastructure and expertise needed to have such lists and up to date ones.

    I’m not justifying blocking VPN here, only trying to clarify that unless you self-host in a rather specific setup (i.e. not relying a popular cloud provider but truly self hosting) it’s technically not hard to block VPNs.


  • Honestly I’d say it doesn’t matter much. What matters is that your data are safe and you can afford a bit of time at first when things are a bit different than what you are used to.

    If you have a LOT of time or are very eager to learn, take something strange or not very popular. If you are in rush then start with a distribution that is popular, ideally that a friend, colleague or acquaintance also uses. Think of it as a team exercise.

    I personally use Debian but others might prefer Ubuntu or Mint to start with.

    But… yes, can be anything, just BACKUP your (and by that I mean data you have produced, e.g. documents, photos, saved games, etc) data then you should feel free to try!