ROOT_URL env variable does not change site URL

[rocketchat]

ROOT_URL env variable does not change site URL

[HudsonProdigy]

For anyone who needed a little more clarification on @michaelgotchosen helpful post. You need to modify field in mongo db instance. open mongo shell -> use rocketchat -> db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "Site_Url"},{$set:{value:"NEW_URL"}})

[michaelgotchosen]

I have been looking to change this setting for a while. I finally took the time to find it. I'm going to place it here in hopes that it will help someone else...

rocketchat->rocketchat_settings->Site_Url->value

breakdown for clarity
rocketchat - db
rocketchat_settings - collection
Site_Url - Key
value - field

[sekrett]

@GorgiAstro I had a similar problem and solved it by dropping mongo database. It appears that ROOT_URL is read and stored to mongo on first launch. So if you change it later it will be ignored.

[fzamperin]

@sekrett I'm having the same problem I miss-clicked the option and then my reverse proxy broke and I can't delete the whole database. Do you know which collection has the settings? Or how can I achieve your behavior?

[GorgiAstro]

OK my bad, when connecting to the web interface, I get a warning that suggests me to change the site URL... And it is possible to change it in the web interface settings.

[j8r]

@GorgiAstro It appears like you are using my script :) You can change Rocket.Chat environement variables like ROOT_URL in its systemd service in /etc/systemd/system/rocket.chat.service

[GorgiAstro]

Yes, but my question was if the site URL is defined by the environment variable ROOT_URL. Because the site URL when Rocket.Chat started (192.168.178.49) was different than the one (192.168.2.2) I had defined in the systemd service file. Now I fixed the site URL from the web interface, but maybe there is an issue in the Rocket.Chat startup process :)

[j8r]

After modifying it have you run systemctl daemon-reload and then systemctl restart rocket.chat?

[sekrett]

@fzamperin no, I don't know. I dropped entire database.

[Sing-Li]

Excellent and thank you @michaelgotchosen

Please write a short wiki page for us if possible with the above information.

[Lucioric2000]

Thanks. You saved me hours.

[jj-uk]

Does "packageValue" also need changing?

db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "Site_Url"},{$set:{packageValue:"NEW_URL"}})