I followed the thread here: open redis port for remote connections (and various other suggestions) in an attempt to make the redis-server running on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS accessible externally (ie: outside my home network). However, no success.
When I enter "sudo netstat -ntlp | grep LISTEN", I get the following results (ie: redis-server appears to be listening to 0.0.0.0:6379 as expected):
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:6942 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2653/java
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6379 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 13325/redis-server
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5037 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 13759/adb
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:63342 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2653/java
tcp 0 0 127.0.1.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2067/dnsmasq
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1567/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::3689 :::* LISTEN 2483/rhythmbox
tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 1567/cupsd
Entering "sudo ufw status" produces the following (ie: firewall is off):
Status: inactive
I restart the server using "sudo service redis-server restart", which simply outputs the following (ie: no errors show):
Stopping redis-server: redis-server.
Starting redis-server: redis-server.
When I use "redis-cli -h IP-ADDRESS ping" I am able to access the redis server (ie: get PONG as response) given I use the IP address of 'localhost', 127.0.0.1, or 192.168.1.106 (internal network IP). However, I get an error when I use my external/remote IP address (one identified by Googling "My ip address"), which gives me the error:
Could not connect to Redis at <Remote-IP>:6379: Connection refused
Note that I face the same issue whether my computer is directly connected to the internet (no router), or via a router which has port forwarding set up.
Note that I'd installed most recent redis-server in apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server.
Your help and suggestions are much appreciated.
