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error 7: Failed to connect to localhost port 8000

Hi, I created Laravel droplet by using Marketplace option, I installed my script, but I’m getting bellow error, let’s encrypt ssl also installed.

cURL error 7: Failed to connect to localhost port 8000: Connection refused (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for http://localhost:8000/

how I can fix that?


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Bobby Iliev
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July 5, 2022

Hi there,

The Laravel image on the Marketplace has now been updated to use Laravel 9 and this problem should no longer be there.

Also keep in mind that the image now uses port 80 and not port 8000.

Let me know if anything else pops up!

Best,

Bobby

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