How do I configure the ip address with CherryPy?

Question

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.

Saucepan

Answer 1

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.

Barramunda

I just needed the first line before my call to cherrypy.quickstart, thanks – Saucepan

the link is broken – Verb

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 – Randers

Answer 2

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'

Losel

Either. Edited the above to reflect that. – Losel

Why would you ever need to listen on all interfaces? Could you explain a bit more here? – Unfavorable

very common in docker containers. – Brownley

Answer 3

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())

Chumash