WebUI for non local machine does not work

[dsvi]

for version 1.6
The WebUI menu loads the ipfs webui page. But the page itself assumes localhost as the api address. Could that be possible for the plugin to change the localhost in the page to Custum Gateway Host from the plugin settings?

[lidel]

Thank you for reporting this.

Good news: providing alternative hostname for API port is already addressed in 2.x versions:

It will take some time before we release 2.x.x as a stable version, but if you like to test experimental things feel free to install latest "alpha" from Development Channel:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipfs-gateway-redirect/versions/beta

[dsvi]

you probably didn't understand the problem. its not in a separate config, it's in the fact that WebUI page (at QmPhnvn747LqwPYMJmQVorMaGbMSgA7mRRoyyZYz3DoZRQ) has hardcoded localhost in it. so no matter what you have configured, it still tries to connect to localhost.

The problem is obviously still there, in 2.0 branch.

[lidel]

Ah, indeed! My apologies.

Just to be clear, all this add-on does when you click "Open WebUI" is to open <IPFS API URL>/webui in a new tab. That's it. Then, the gateway redirects you to the latest version of WebUI.

WebUI is developed as a separate project and if it has a bug or usability issue it should to be reported upstream. Please create a new issue at https://github.com/ipfs/webui/issues
(It is the only way to fix this in a future-proof way, hacking WebUI from WebExtension is not robust enough)

PS. If you need a workaround that "just works right now", try ssh tunnel method described in ipfs/ipfs-webui#95 (comment)

[dsvi]

I see. thanks for the links! I'll report it there.