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How do I listen for HTTP requests from the internet? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been able to set up sending and listening to http requests locally using 127.0.0.1:8000. I want to try doing it using the internet now.

I have a VPN with port forwarding enabled, but sending requests to that IP address and port does not yield a response like it did when doing it locally.

Can anyone clarify which address I should be listening on in order to receive http requests from the internet? I tried 0.0.0.0 and a few inet addresses from ip add, but none of them work.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

There is no reason to expose a http server on the internet

Lolwut.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What are you trying to do?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

From what I've gathered, either this guy is honestly trying to learn how to set up an http server that he built, which great but good luck finding a von that will NAT requests to you.... Or ..

He thinks internet traffic is blasted to every computer out there and wants to "listen" for it. Honestly I can't tell and they can't describe the problem in a way where we can help them

[–] gedhrel 1 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like lots of vpn providers offer port forwarding after a fashion. It surprised me too but there were summary comparisons just a search away.

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