JarieP•2w ago

Hi, Trying to get the self-hosted version up and running. Cannot figure out how to get past this er

Hi, Trying to get the self-hosted version up and running. Cannot figure out how to get past this error when using the default docker-compose.yaml Caught error (RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=info,common::errors=debug for full trace): relative URL without a base. Any hints?

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Li•2w ago

hello guys

✪ Flamakæ•2w ago

https://docs.convex.dev/quickstart/nextjs Trying to follow this quickstart with Nextjs (

npm create convex@latest

npm create convex@latest

) + Self Hosted convex. I am getting this. What should I do next ?

Next.js Quickstart | Convex Developer Hub

Add Convex to a Next.js project

Emma•2w ago

What setup are you using? If it's local docker, the site url is http://127.0.0.1:3211. If you're using fly, see these docs https://github.com/get-convex/convex-backend/blob/main/self-hosted/fly/README.md#http-actions. It will be your fly app url with /http at the end

GitHub

convex-backend/self-hosted/fly/README.md at main · get-convex/conve...

The open-source reactive database for app developers - get-convex/convex-backend

lee•2w ago

it looks like you want the SITE_URL for use by convex auth, which i believe is the url for where you're hosting your app's frontend, so like http://localhost:8000

Emma•2w ago

@Lee is right, we have many variables that use SITE_URL, sorry for the confusion

✪ Flamakæ•2w ago

I tried both

http://127.0.0.1:3211

http://127.0.0.1:3211

and

http://localhost:3000

http://localhost:3000

but it gets stuck

ucin•2w ago

can we run the downloaded convex-local-backend with local postgres?

ucin•2w ago

got this error

ucin•2w ago

./convex-local-backend --db postgres-v5                                                                                                                                                                                                                   19:38:56
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724359Z  INFO convex_local_backend: Starting a Convex backend
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724411Z  INFO convex_local_backend: The self-host Convex backend will periodically communicate with a remote beacon server. This is to help Convex understand and improve the product. You can disable this telemetry by setting the --disable-beacon flag or the DISABLE_BEACON environment variable if you are self-hosting using the Docker image.
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724472Z  INFO convex_local_backend: Sentry is not enabled.
2025-02-15T12:39:02.725461Z ERROR common::errors: Caught error (RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=info,common::errors=debug for full trace): relative URL without a base
2025-02-15T12:39:02.725479Z ERROR common::errors: Not reporting above error: SENTRY_DSN not set.
Error: relative URL without a base

./convex-local-backend --db postgres-v5                                                                                                                                                                                                                   19:38:56
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724359Z  INFO convex_local_backend: Starting a Convex backend
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724411Z  INFO convex_local_backend: The self-host Convex backend will periodically communicate with a remote beacon server. This is to help Convex understand and improve the product. You can disable this telemetry by setting the --disable-beacon flag or the DISABLE_BEACON environment variable if you are self-hosting using the Docker image.
2025-02-15T12:39:02.724472Z  INFO convex_local_backend: Sentry is not enabled.
2025-02-15T12:39:02.725461Z ERROR common::errors: Caught error (RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=info,common::errors=debug for full trace): relative URL without a base
2025-02-15T12:39:02.725479Z ERROR common::errors: Not reporting above error: SENTRY_DSN not set.
Error: relative URL without a base

Not sure where to put the connection string, I create and .env file but it didn't work.

Li•2w ago

same thing

lee•2w ago

Put it on the command line after the postgres-v5

Li•7d ago

what about coolify docker version? I'm also trying to use postgres when I run convex in coolify. But the convex does not start

Emma•7d ago

@ucin @Li Any reason why you're running the binary directly instead of docker run or docker compose? there are other flags you might need to get everything working properly (peek in run_backend.sh). If you set the postgres url to the DATABASE_URL env var, docker compose up should just work but lmk if it doesn't Oops, sorry I just realized you're running the binary directly intentionally 🤦 . I got confused because we just released the docker setup so been thinking more about that. We can improve the error message there and the instructions. putting the connection string after postgres-v5 should work.

lee•7d ago

and re:coolify, there may be special instructions coming out soon; we're actively working with environments like coolify

ucin•7d ago

I think most of my client production server is big bare metal server. Installing docker is not an option for them. Mostly in one server, we host many application.

Emma•7d ago

Great to know! I will update the docs to make it easier to get started with the binary.

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