hummingbird-assets are served over ip address instead of hostname

Hi @spicyjellyfish

I hope you’re well today!

I’m assuming you currently don’t have Hummingbird enabled on site due to the issue, right?

I’m asking because I’ve visited the site and I don’t see any resources on it loaded like this.

As for the issue itself – the “IP URL” is used for JS/CSS files only, right? Is that “13.211” IP an IP of your server/site (I cannot see it from outside since it’s behind CloudFlare)?

If yes, can you please check what are current settings of “WordPress Address (URL)” and “Site Address (URL)” option in “Settings -> General” in site’s back-end – are they both set to correct domain of the site or do they contain IP?

Let us know, please.

Kind regards,
Adam

hi Adam, 13.211 is the public ip.
site address is configured as suggested.
you should see the issue now, it is back. as i clear cache it goes away for a while and then comes back.

the issue is affecting JS/CSS – correct

Hi @spicyjellyfish,

Seems like the plugin is deactivated at the moment. Could you please check whether there are any defines added inside the wp-config.php file that point to the mentioned 13.211 IP?

Could you also check if you could replicate the same issue if you try to reset Asset Optimization under Hummingbird > Asset Optimization > Settings > Reset to defaults?

If you still notice the same issue, then please enable Debug mode in Hummingbird under Hummingbird > Asset Optimization > Settings > Debug and then load the homepage couple of times to generate the logs and share the logs in the next response.

You should find the option to download the logs in the “Settings” tab where you have enabled the debug.

Once done, please share the logs using Google Drive, Dropbox or any such cloud services in the next response.

Please do let us know how that goes.

Kind Regards,
Nithin

Hi Nithin,

i have followed your instructions and also enabled logging for caching.

both log files are available here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J64-rh8VdVdFfJJiRf_3UZxkJUBa6aG4/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UHIXwQ277UoCuqDUdQxz2lURrcaJYFad/view?usp=sharing

you can see that caching log file contain reference to ip address.

please let me know what you think

Hi @spicyjellyfish,

Thanks for the logs. The Cache logs only point that it’s caching the page URLs, and on one of the instances, instead of the domain URL, the IPs are picked in the logs.

Seems like the IPs are pointing to AWS. From checking the bitnami doc, the AWS instances are launched with a dynamic IP address by default. Could we know you are using a static IP for your server?

Could you please check whether adding the following define inside your wp-config.php file makes any difference?

define('WP_SITEURL', 'https://DOMAIN/');
define('WP_HOME', 'https://DOMAIN/');

You’ll have to update the “DOMAIN” with your domain URL.

Please make sure to place the above code just before the line /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ in your wp-config.php file.

Once done, please try the “Reset to defaults” option and then check whether you could replicate the same or not.

Kind Regards,
Nithin

Hi Nithin, i have assigned an elastic IP to the instance but was still able to reproduce the issue.
However the wp-config changes seem to have done the trick. thank you!
although still not clear why would that be required.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by spicyjellyfish.

Hi @spicyjellyfish,

It could be some hosting setup caused the issue. However, I am glad to know that the problem is now resolved.

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