HTTPS required when server not on localhost

[zer0yu]

I set it up by referring to your readme. However it does not open the synchronization process properly. I don't know if I need to apply https certificate? The specific error message is as follows:

[acheong08]

Check your $HOST environment variable

[acheong08]

I might change the environment variable being read due to conflicts with pre-existing variables

[acheong08]

Also open up database.db and check what host the vault has stored.

[acheong08]

I don't know if I need to apply https certificate

The answer is most likely yes unless you're running it on localhost. They use https by default for the websocket

[zer0yu]

Ok, I'll configure the https. I have two more questions:

1. Can I use IP directly for $HOST environment variable?
2. Can you share the full Nignix config file?

[zxt-tzx]

Trying to get this to work locally:

• currently on a Mac (running both Obsidian + go run cmd/obsidian-sync/main.go)
• I used export HOST=127.0.0.1
• I updated the Obsidian Sync URL in the plugin to http://localhost:3000

The handlers are running and I can interact with them via cURL HTTP requests, but my Obsidian app on macOS doesn't seem to be working.

Happy to help with submitting PRs to get this working and developing this further (have been very annoyed by iCloud syncing not working well with Obsidian).

[acheong08]

Trying to get this to work locally:

* currently on a Mac (running both Obsidian + `go run cmd/obsidian-sync/main.go`)

* I used `export HOST=127.0.0.1`

* I updated the `Obsidian Sync URL` in the plugin to `http://localhost:3000`

The handlers are running and I can interact with them via cURL HTTP requests, but my Obsidian app on macOS doesn't seem to be working.

Happy to help with submitting PRs to get this working and developing this further (have been very annoyed by iCloud syncing not working well with Obsidian).

When running on localhost, there is no need to export HOST.

[acheong08]

To debug, you can open up the electron developer tools and do location.reload() to make sure all requests show up

[acheong08]

Can I use IP directly for $HOST environment variable?

Yes.

[acheong08]

By default, if you don't configure it:

var Host = "localhost:3000/ws"

[acheong08]

Can you share the full Nignix config file?

That is the full nginx config. My SSL/TLS is being handled by Cloudflare

[acheong08]

If you're running on localhost, there is no need for nginx ofc

[acheong08]

Another possible issue:

There has been a lot of breaking changes over the past few days & hours as I add new features. You might need to delete the db files and restart (and sign up again) if you've pulled new versions

[wangweitung]

It seems I suffer the same issue
below is my configuration and could you help me，thanks!
I have ubuntu server and a windows pc running obsidian.

1、 git clone https://github.com/acheong08/obsidian-sync
2、cd obsidian-sync
3、export HOST=192.168.1.204 - this is my ubuntu server ip
4、go run cmd/obsidian-sync/main.go
5、copy the code to nigx cofig file

6.set the plugin sync URL

7.create user and login

8. I still get the error code 1006
   
   

9. where did I do wrong ?please help

[acheong08]

I don't see any connections to /ws or /.
Check where it's connecting via developer tools for the websocket

[acheong08]

Edit: Sorry. Light mode is killing me.

[wangweitung]

Edit: Sorry. Light mode is killing me.

sorry.... I did not use dark mode...

[acheong08]

What app is this?

[wangweitung]

What app is this?

opened from here

[acheong08]

Ctrl + Shift + I to open devtools. It'll show what's going wrong. Then in console location.reload()

[wangweitung]

location.reload()

sorry for the light mode ...

[acheong08]

Ah here it is. It's using wss:// instead of ws://. It expects HTTPS when the endpoint is anything other than localhost or 127.0.0.1

[wangweitung]

Ah here it is. It's using wss:// instead of ws://. It expects HTTPS when the endpoint is anything other than localhost or 127.0.0.1

what should I do to make it work?

[acheong08]

what should I do to make it work?

Use something like certbot to get an TLS certificate.

[wangweitung]

what should I do to make it work?

Use something like certbot to get an TLS certificate.

I just use it in my inner network at home... could TLS be skipped？

[acheong08]

Here is the bit of code in the Obsidian app that manages this:

(t.prototype.getHost = function () {
              var e = this.host || "127.0.0.1:3003";
              return e.startsWith("127.0.0.1") || e.startsWith("localhost")
                ? "ws://" + e
                : "wss://" + e;
            }),

Another solution is to update the plugin to also intercept wss/ws requests but that'll take a while. (I have 0 experience in JS)

[acheong08]

could TLS be skipped？

It's hard coded into the app. For now, no

[wangweitung]

what should I do to make it work?

Use something like certbot to get an TLS certificate.

https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=nginx&os=ubuntufocal&tab=standard

I'm trying by this instruction now...

[acheong08]

if (this.settings.SyncAPI.startsWith("http://")) {
	// Websocket intercept
	const originalWebSocket = window.WebSocket;

	// Override the WebSocket constructor
	window.WebSocket = class CustomWebSocket extends originalWebSocket {
		constructor(url: string, protocols?: string | string[]) {
			const newUrl = url.replace("wss://", "ws://");
			super(newUrl, protocols);
		}
	};
}

This might work in the plugin. Testing

[acheong08]

Issue: app.js loads before plugins. They make it a constant

[wangweitung]

Issue: app.js loads before plugins. They make it a constant

still thanks for ur effort...

[acheong08]

Note to whomever comes across this issue again: Cannot fix. HTTPS is required when not localhost

[zxt-tzx]

Ctrl + Shift + I to open devtools. It'll show what's going wrong. Then in console location.reload()

Thank you so much for this. What I've done:

• include console.log statements in the plugin to see when the plugin is loaded and unloaded
• created an account and signed in on the About tab (this seems to be successful)

I see requests being made to the https://api.obsidian.md/user/info endpoints which are successfully intercepted by my local server, but I do not see any syncing attempts via the websocket connection.

Do I need to manually turn on Obsidian Sync from somewhere within the application's preference settings?

UPDATE: ah ok my bad, I need to turn on Sync within the Core Plugins page. will tinker further.

UPDATE 2: It's working now! What I did

• Move my existing Vault out of iCloud
• Go to Core plugins > Sync and connect to a new remote vault

Sorry if this is not the right thread, I could create a new issue here instead.

Thanks again!

[CzBiX]

it's possible to use HTTP. you just have to hack the getHost of sync plugin.
solution here.

[acheong08]

@CzBiX Thank you! I don't actually know JavaScript, could you explain how you found this?

this.getInternalPluginInstance('sync').getHost = ()

I thought of the same but was unable to implement it because I couldn't find where the getHost function was

[acheong08]

I'm getting Property 'internalPlugins' does not exist on type 'App'.ts(2339)

[CzBiX]

@acheong08 It's not easy to explain, but in short, this is all that you can get with reverse engineering.

I'm getting Property 'internalPlugins' does not exist on type 'App'.ts(2339)

This is a non-public API that is not exposed, you have to use any in ts.

[acheong08]

// @ts-ignore: Property 'internalPlugins' does not exist on type 'App'.

This worked. Thank you!

[acheong08]

CC @wangweitung

You can update from https://github.com/acheong08/rev-obsidian-sync-plugin/releases/tag/1.0.3

Perhaps for the plugin, we can switch to using @CzBiX's repository considering they're much more experienced with JS

[wangweitung]

CC @wangweitung

You can update from https://github.com/acheong08/rev-obsidian-sync-plugin/releases/tag/1.0.3

Perhaps for the plugin, we can switch to using @CzBiX's repository considering they're much more experienced with JS

thank you both , it's happy to hear this good news!