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FAQs

Please refer to the FAQ below to resolve your issue, if you cannot find the solution, please contact Websoft9 support.

Websoft9 Console

500 Internal Server Error?

Description: When checking the logs of websoft9-apphub container, 500 Internal Server Error appears.

Reason: The websoft9-apphub container is working abnormally or it can not connect other websoft9 containers

Solution: Run the following commands to check the cause of the error

docker exec -it websoft9-apphub cat /websoft9/apphub/logs/apphub_error.log

Can not open App Store or My Apps?

Description: I can login Websoft9 Console, but can not open "App Store" or "My Apps" interface

Reason: websoft9 containers working abnormally or 80 port not enabled

Solution: Run the following commands to check the cause of the error

docker logs websoft9-proxy
docker exec -it websoft9-apphub cat /websoft9/apphub/logs/apphub_error.log

Login Websoft9 failed

Using multiple reasons can cause login failure:

  • Security Group port 9000 not enabled
  • Websoft9 installation failed
  • Network access failed for your instance
  • Local browser's cookie or session
  • Websoft9 Console(Cockpit) port is reset to 9090
  • Your Linux not allowed password login

Cockpit console port is reset to 9090?

When user running yum update or apt upgrade, Cockpit may be reset to 9090 port and you can not login to Websoft9 Console

  1. Login to Websoft9 Console by http://IP:9090
  2. Set port to 9090 by Settings > System Settings

You can set port by repeating step2 to your default port

websoft9.service starting failed?

  1. Troubleshooting compute resource limit

    # View processes
    ps aux

    # Check disk space
    df -lh

    # View memory usage
    free -lh
  2. Check the error logs

    # View the Websoft9 service container logs
    docker logs websoft9-apphub
    docker logs websoft9-git
    docker logs websoft9-proxy
    docker logs websoft9-deployment

    # View Websoft9 service status and logs
    systemctl status websoft9
    journalctl -u websoft9
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Websoft9 can not running at 9000 port?

Running netstat -tunlp to check which process is using port 9000, then free the port with kill -9 PID.

Docker starting failed?

Running systemctl status docker and journalctl -xe to check error logs

Applications

Access application 502 error

Description: Nginx 502 Bad Gateway

Reason: Application container failure proxy by Nginx

Solution: Troubleshoot the application container from

  • Insufficient computing resources of server
  • Application containers stopped running
  • Application containers port error

Application error when DB changed?

Description: Application error when modify database password from DB commands or DB tools

Reason: Application can not connect when modify database password because DB connection string changed

Solution: Modify database connection string at Compose of My Apps

Can't access application from Internet?

Description: I can't access application from Internet, but I can access it from Intranet.

Reason: Internet is not available or access from the Internet is denied

Solution: Here are some of the common causes

  • Container port is not exposed to the host machine or does not have a proxy to the host machine.
  • The container denies access from the Internet
  • The port corresponding to the server's security group is not open.