Cloud9 Rails API challenge: allowed network but still cannot render console

Question

I am following along with this Treehouse Build a Rails API course. I am using Cloud9 IDE which I think is related to the problem. The step I am stuck on is creating a new list via the API in the console.

At first I was receiving an error message saying "cannot render console" from the network. After googling this, I whitelisted the network in the development.rb file. The error message is different and so I believe I properly whitelisted it (or at least did something). But it does not have the desired effect and the error message seems to contradict itself.

Started POST "/api/lists" for 123.456.78.999 at 2015-09-14 14:53:33 +0000 Cannot render console from 123.456.78.999! Allowed networks: 123.456.78.999, 127.0.0.0/127.123.123.123, ::1

I've changed the numbers because I am not savvy about security. The point (and to me, the mystery) is that it says I can't render the console from a network that is apparently allowed (i.e., 123.456.78.999 === 123.456.78.999).

I would appreciate any advice on what could be the problem. I had no trouble following along with the tutorial until this step; the commands I entered led to the same result as in the videos.

This is the most recent command I've entered:

curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"title":"The Title will go here"}' https://myapp-me.c9.io/api/lists

Entering that URL instead of "localhost" has worked for me thus far but it could also be related to the problem.

Thank you for any clues and happy to post additional code if needed.

I don't remember, but I this was around the time I switched from Cloud9 to working on my local machine, and I don't believe I ever came to understand the issue. It appears that the answer below works for some, but I thought it might be a security issue to whitelist 0000000, so I didn't do it. Good luck! Please let us know if you find anything. — Leo Folsom, Jan 09 '16 at 21:58

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 28 '17 at 00:52

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please add in config/enviroments/development.rb

config.web_console.whitelisted_ips =   '0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0'

edited Feb 28 '17 at 00:52

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answered Oct 16 '15 at 17:55

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Can you please explain what this would do? – Leo Folsom Oct 21 '15 at 23:07
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This worked for me but an explanation would be nice. Is this just allowing all ips? Is this risky? – user4584963 Jan 08 '16 at 23:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '17 at 19:29

To whitelists 2 IPs > Consider this example:

config.web_console.whitelisted_ips =  %w( 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.9 )

To whitelist an entire IP subnet > Consider this example:

config.web_console.whitelisted_ips =  %w( 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/24 )

always add 127.0.0.1, or else the local machine won't have access.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '22 at 18:30

If anyone is still viewing this question in 2022 like I am, then you can edit config/environments/development.rb to account for the entire private network like so:

Rails.application.configure do
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  config.web_console.permissions = '123.456.78.0/16'
end

More information here.

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 20 '18 at 07:11

Part of the problem is that you need to be within the "sudo su" shell in order to run Ruby on Rails applications. So, make sure that you run sudo su and you become root. The second problem is that you MUST run your application on port 8080 so when you run the server make sure the -p 8080 flag is set:

bundle update (optional)
bundle install (optional)
sudo su
rails s -p 8080
New terminal --> Preview --> Preview running application

Cloud9 Rails API challenge: allowed network but still cannot render console

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