Web Remote - can I run it on port 80?

cowjam

Long time no see openLP community! After years of not running it I'm in a position where I'm running AV in church again (our church plant is launching a Sunday service this Sunday!)

I'm using the web remote, it'd be convenient if I could get the web remote running on port 80 (so it doesn't need to be typed).

Also, is there a way to show the QR on the home screen without having to go into settings? I'm on a guest WiFi so I can't set a static IP, it'd be useful to make it really easy for my team to open the web remote.

Thanks!

raoul

cowjam Welcome back!

Depending on your operating system, getting OpenLP to listen on port 80 might be a bit tricky. I know that on Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS), port 80 is restricted to processes with root permissions. In the past I have simply run NGINX as a reverse proxy to a unpriviledged port (like 4316).

I don't know much about Windows, so hopefully someone in the community who knows more about Windows can help there.

funkydan2

As long as no other server is running on port 80 on your computer, I can't see why the remote server couldn't use port 80.

I don't know the answer about the QR code. You could probably write a script that determines the IP address of the computer and puts a link in a QR code on the desktop wallpaper.

Jamie Hockin

You could script something like this on the host computer (this is for a Mac; I'm sure there is something just as simple for Windows). Then put it into an automator app. This doesn't require anything from OpenLP. It's safer, especially on a guest network to use the default port, 4316.
If your host is hardwired, use en0 in place of en1 in a script like this:

echo "http://$(ipconfig getifaddr en0):4316/" | /usr/local/bin/qrencode -o - | open -a Preview.app -f
This requires you to install qrencode software once, say, using brew install qrencode
The equivalent action in Windows would go in a batch file.

congoblue

Be wary of using a guest wifi for OpenLP remote, especially if in a school - guest wifi is often set up so that devices cannot see each other, so your remote device may not see the OpenLP server. Also the DHCP lease time may be very short so the IP address of OpenLP may keep changing. I would recommend bringing your own access point and setting up your own network.

(our church meets in a school and we have had a lot of discussions with the IT dept in an attempt to make this work on their wifi system, but their cybersecurity/safety setup is so complicated that in the end we set up our own network each week).

cowjam

Thanks everyone.

@congoblue the IP was the same when I tried again a few days later so I'm hoping it's a really long lease time. I used to be friends with the IT guy but he's moved on, our own access point sounds like a great idea.

I've found an old tablet I can use too, so the QR code won't be a problem if it's my own access point.