How do I configure the ip address with CherryPy?

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I'm using python and CherryPy to create a simple internal website that about 2 people use. I use the built in webserver with CherryPy.quickstart and never messed with the config files. I recently changed machines so I installed the latest Python and cherrypy and when I run the site I can access it from localhost:8080 but not through the IP or the windows machine name. It could be a machine configuration difference or a newer version of CherryPy or Python. Any ideas how I can bind to the correct IP address?

Edit: to make it clear, I currently don't have a config file at all.

score 40 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 11 '16 at 09:43

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server.socket_host: '0.0.0.0'

...would also work. That's IPv4 INADDR_ANY, which means, "listen on all interfaces".

In a config file, the syntax is:

[global]
server.socket_host: '0.0.0.0'

In code:

cherrypy.server.socket_host = '0.0.0.0'

edited Dec 11 '16 at 09:43

Valentin Lorentz

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fumanchu

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Either. Edited the above to reflect that. – fumanchu Apr 28 '11 at 17:48
Why would you ever need to listen on `all` interfaces? Could you explain a bit more here? – Jinghui Niu Apr 18 '20 at 09:18
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very common in docker containers. – trutheality Apr 21 '20 at 15:59

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 31 '22 at 18:21

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That depends on how you are running the cherrypy init.

If using cherrypy 3.1 syntax, that wold do it:

cherrypy.server.socket_host = 'www.machinename.com'
cherrypy.engine.start()
cherrypy.engine.block()

Of course you can have something more fancy, like subclassing the server class, or using config files. Those uses are covered in the documentation.

But that should be enough. If not just tell us what you are doing and cherrypy version, and I will edit this answer.

edited Dec 31 '22 at 18:21

jpf

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answered Sep 22 '08 at 16:16

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I just needed the first line before my call to cherrypy.quickstart, thanks – Matt Price Sep 22 '08 at 16:32
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the link is broken – Janus Troelsen Sep 02 '16 at 14:28
on "using config files" -- note that `cherrypy.quickstart(application(), config = configfile)` can take an optional config file as the second argument (e.g. in the cherrypy tutorial it is tutconf), which as far as I know will override the cherrypy.server.socket_host set in the program – Richard DiSalvo Dec 02 '16 at 05:23

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 28 '16 at 18:34

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import cherrypy

class HelloWorld(object):
    def index(self):
        return "Hello World!"
    index.exposed = True

cherrypy.server.socket_host = '0.0.0.0' # put it here 
cherrypy.quickstart(HelloWorld())

edited Dec 28 '16 at 18:34

Eldelshell

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answered Dec 28 '16 at 18:13

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How do I configure the ip address with CherryPy?

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