[SOLVED] Not asked for password when going via 8080

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: Lenovo Laptop, AMD
    • OS: Ubuntu Server 18.04 (headless)
    • Java Runtime Environment: Zulu 8
    • openHAB version: openHAB 2.4.0 Release Build

I have set up security as per https://www.openhab.org/docs/installation/security.html. When I browse to my ip, I get challenged for the username and password but not if I go via port 8080.

Is it possible to force http://ip:8080 to also require the username and password that was created with htpasswd?

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Change your openHAB configuration so that it only listens on localhost for 8080.

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No, but you can do as recommended by the other poster so it does not respond on port 8080.

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I tried adding

listen localhost:8080;

But as I already have

 listen 443 ssl;
 listen [::]:443 ssl;

It appears to be a problem.

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled$ systemctl status nginx.service
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-10-23 22:08:45 NZDT; 1min 44s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 11602 ExecStop=/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 11616 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 11603 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 10929 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 23 22:08:43 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [warn] conflicting server name “192.168.1.25” on [::]:443, ignored
Oct 23 22:08:43 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 127.0.0.1:8080 failed (98: Address already in use)
Oct 23 22:08:43 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 127.0.0.1:8080 failed (98: Address already in use)
Oct 23 22:08:44 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 127.0.0.1:8080 failed (98: Address already in use)
Oct 23 22:08:44 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 127.0.0.1:8080 failed (98: Address already in use)
Oct 23 22:08:45 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 127.0.0.1:8080 failed (98: Address already in use)
Oct 23 22:08:45 server2 nginx[11616]: nginx: [emerg] still could not bind()
Oct 23 22:08:45 server2 systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Oct 23 22:08:45 server2 systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 23 22:08:45 server2 systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.

The error makes sense but am not sure how to fix it without removing the others lines that I was asked to put in.

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No you tried to configure nginx to listen to port 8080. You need to modify openHAB in your Ubuntu launch script.

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Hi, sorry to ask a silly question, but can you please point me to a URL that will help me know where to start? I’ve googled openhab launch script but am going in circles.

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In /etc/defaults/openhab2 I set OPENHAB_HTTP_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1. I then restarted the service and all is well.