Title: [docker/wordpress] changing to https…site is unavailable
Last modified: June 26, 2023

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# [docker/wordpress] changing to https…site is unavailable

 *  [ddit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ddit/)
 * (@ddit)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/docker-wordpress-changing-to-https-site-is-unavailable/)
 * Hi,
 * I have an internal website, which I want to migrating to another host, running
   docker, but struggling to setup basic SSL.
 * In order to strip back things to the basics, I have deployed a brand new WordPress
   instance running on docker. My docker compose has the following port mappings
 * 8080:80
   8443:443
 * With the docker container running, I browse to [http://192.168.100.100:8080](http://192.168.100.100:8080),
   then go through the initial WordPress setup (language, create user/pass). I then
   go to the Settings > General, but if I try to change the URLS from the above 
   to [https://192.168.100.100:8443](https://192.168.100.100:8443), and save the
   changes, then I cannot access the site at this address. I get Chrome error “ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED”.
   I have tried incognito, clearing cache etc.
 * My only way to recover is to stop the container and wipe the DB and files volumes,
   then setup again from scratch.
 * When in this state, my wp-config.php does not contain definitions for WP_HOME
   or WP_SITEURL. I feel something is not working properly when I save my changes
   to these URL’s in the GUI.
 * Any help is greatly appreciated.

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/docker-wordpress-changing-to-https-site-is-unavailable/#post-16849932)
 * > but if I try to change the URLS from the above to [https://192.168.100.100:8443](https://192.168.100.100:8443),
   > and save the changes, then I cannot access the site at this address. I get 
   > Chrome error “ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED”.
 * Are you able to get a STATIC file (text, HTML or image) placed at the root of
   your WordPress installation to load with this address?
 * Eg if you place a static HTML file `test.html` file in the root of the WordPress
   installation, can you view it from `https://192.168.100.100:8443/test.html`
 * > When in this state, my wp-config.php does not contain definitions for WP_HOME
   > or WP_SITEURL. I feel something is not working properly when I save my changes
   > to these URL’s in the GUI.
 * When you change these constants in the WordPress dashboard, they’re only saved
   to the database: they’re not written to the `wp-config.php` file.
 * In fact, if you manually stick the constants in `wp-config.php`, this locks up
   these fields ins the dashboard, making them unchangeable (from the dashboard).
 *  Thread Starter [ddit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ddit/)
 * (@ddit)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/docker-wordpress-changing-to-https-site-is-unavailable/#post-16853850)
 * Hi George. Thanks for the reply. When I create a test.html page at put at the
   root level of the site, this does not load either. I also noticed WordPress has
   it’s own readme.html file at the root level, which doesn’t load either.
 * I used a portscanner to check both ports above. 8080 is open and the port scanner
   identifies this as Apache. Oddly, 8443, is closed/unresponsive, so I need to 
   go back to my docker container and troubleshoot that next, but this seems the
   likely issue.

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 * [docker](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/docker/)
 * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [ddit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ddit/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/docker-wordpress-changing-to-https-site-is-unavailable/#post-16853850)
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