I have an Ubuntu droplet
> uname -a
Linux MYHOSTNAME 3.13.0-43-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 8 19:35:06 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I am trying to run a ruby webrick command line invocation to bind to port 9191.
> ruby -run -e httpd . -p9191
When I do this I am able to connect to the public IP of the host using curl
or telnet
from the droplet itself, but not from other hosts.
> curl -X GET http://MYIPADDRESS:9191
curl: (7) Failed to connect to MYIPADDRESS port 9191: Connection refused
If I change the webserver command to port 80
> ruby -run -e httpd . -p80
Then it works. What is different about port 80 in this case? How can I enable HTTP traffic to port 9191 from the outside world.
BTW iptable does not seem to have any rules setup
> iptables -nL
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
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By default, that command should bind to the public interface and serve content externally. What’s the output of
netstat -plunt
? You should see something similar toThis means that the process is listening on all interfaces. If your content is still not available, then your problem will lay somewhere else. If for some reason, the output looks like this:
Then it is only being served on the localhost. To explicitly make it available publicly, you can pass a
bind-address
option: