a month ago
My railway application fails to respond on my domain.
I tried to
let railway auto detect ports
change the backend host to 0.0.0.0 and port to 8080 (auto detected by Caddy)
check my DNS, which correctly links my www subdomain to railway
Backend: Uses docker, auto detected port 8080, deploy succeeded, empty HTTP logs
Frontend: Uses railpack, port 5000, deploy succeeded, HTTP logs in screenshot
Backend server.js:
import express from 'express';
import mongoose from 'mongoose';
import dotenv from 'dotenv';
import cors from 'cors';
import hotelRoutes from './routes/hotelRoutes.js';
import accountRoutes from './routes/accountRoutes.js';
dotenv.config();
const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.use(
cors({
origin: ['http://localhost:5173', 'https://www.nightbucks.com', 'https://frontend-production-16d8.up.railway.app', 'https://frontend-staging-9695.up.railway.app'],
})
);
app.use(express.json());
app.use('/api/hotels', hotelRoutes);
app.use('/api/account', accountRoutes);
// Start server with DB connection
(async () => {
try {
app.listen(port, "0.0.0.0", () => {
console.log(✅ App listening on port: ${port});
});
} catch (err) {
console.error('❌ Startup error:', err);
process.exit(1);
}
})();
Frontend API Calls (which worked 3 days ago):
const domain = import.meta.env.PROD
? "https://backend-production-fe67.up.railway.app"
: "http://localhost:5000";
const url = `${domain}/api/account/add/search`;1 Replies
Project ID: d9a138f0-83d2-4162-8ed9-905775d3273a
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a month ago
any logs in the frontend?
a month ago
Hey @Andiesgames, instead of hardcoding the URL, it may be beneficial to read them as environment (service) variables, which can be achieved using reference variables such as [https://${{backend.RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN](https://${{backend.RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN)}} (this assumes that the frontend is calling the backend on the client and not on the server such as during SSR).
Now to the "Application Failed to Respond" problem, since the problem is with the frontend please provide more context, such as the last time it has worked, the changes made before breaking it, a screenshot of your public networking section and other related information to help us pinpoint the cause.
Good point, my plan is to use api.nightbucks.com as railway ENV variable, but it wasn't setup before today.
As for code i've changed on the frontend: some pinia stores, some vue components, api requests to the backend, localstorage instead of refs, etc
All changes worked fine in dev, also no build or deploy errors on railway
It certainly worked 3 days ago, but I haven't changed any config since then
a month ago
Would you be able to provide the deploy logs and a screenshot of your public networking section of your frontend service?
nightbucks.com will redirect to www.nightbucks.com via cloudflare, and www is set as CNAME via cloudflare DNS
a month ago
Can you show the part that configures your frontend to listen on port 5000?
I haven't configured it anywhere, I just assumed it would be the same as the main railway domain, and it used to work 4 days ago like this
a month ago
I believe that you should be able to overwrite it with a service variable if you are using the default Caddyfile that Railpack uses. However, before we try that, try changing the the public networking's port to 8080, which I believe is the default.
a month ago
You are welcome, I'll mark this thread as solved if you don't have any further questions.
a month ago
!s
Status changed to Solved uxuz • about 1 month ago