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

submitted 1 day ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/networking@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The person above probably should not be exposing something to the internet.

Chances are they just want a simple environment to play in which is easily provided by either a virtual lab or a local network.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 0 points 14 hours ago

Agreed. I've been self hosting for well over a decade now and I can count how many services I expose on one hand, and they are very curated. He's trying to convince people he knows what he's doing, but I'm not convinced he's not trying to be a leet haxxor