Create a self-hosted instance of NTFY

[dave1904]

One more question, how can I restart the ntfy server? I’ve edited the config and want to restart it but I only find the ntfy serve command and it’s already serving of course.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 you should be able to use

sudo service ntfy stop
sudo service ntfy start

Or simpler

sudo service ntfy restart

[dave1904]

Thanks, I already tried that but when I use

sudo service ntfy stop

and then

ntfy serve

it still says

2023/10/03 18:26:23 INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:2586[http], ntfy 2.7.0, log level is INFO (tag=startup)
2023/10/03 18:26:23 FATAL listen tcp 127.0.0.1:2586: bind: address already in use (exit_code=1)
listen tcp 127.0.0.1:2586: bind: address already in use

I’m confused, it should stop serving right?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 not if you have another window running where ntfy serve is still running? That message would indicate you have it running somewhere already.

[dave1904]

Yes, that’s the problem of Droplet Web Console… But I should be able to stop the process?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 what’s the output of

ps aux | grep ntfy

[dave1904]

@phenomlab

root     2443566  0.0  1.6 1274412 16272 ?       Sl   10:06   0:09 ntfy serve
root     2449599  0.0  0.0   8160   656 pts/0    S+   18:32   0:00 grep --color=auto ntfy

[dave1904]

Alright, I’ve killed the process and could do ntfy serve again. Thanks!

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 good. Thanks

[dave1904]

I can’t get this to work for my iOS buddy. He receives the notification messages in ntfy but doesn’t get any notification on iOS. I’ve tried upstream-base-url: "https://ntfy.sh" but no luck. @phenomlab do you have an iOS device?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 said in Create a self-hosted instance of NTFY:

Alright, I’ve killed the process and could do ntfy serve again. Thanks!

Is better to run as a service rather than a daemon.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab said in Create a self-hosted instance of NTFY:

@dave1904 said in Create a self-hosted instance of NTFY:

Alright, I’ve killed the process and could do ntfy serve again. Thanks!

Is better to run as a service rather than a daemon.

you are right. Next config change I have to search for the pid again.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 there won’t be any notification in iOS unless you refresh. This is a known issue - see below

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[dave1904]

I hate iOS.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 as do I.

[dave1904]

We got this working. I’m not sure if it was on my buddys end.

Here the steps:

1. Add new sub in ntfy app with the private ID and using another server (ntfy.mydomain.com)
2. In settings also use the ntfy url as default Server
3. add the upstream-base-url: “https://ntfy.sh” property in server.yaml and restart ntfy

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 Thanks for this - good find. I have to admit, I’ve not tested with an iPhone, and all of my development has been with Android.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab Same here but unfortunately we have a lot of iOS users on our forum. So before announcing I wanted to make sure it’s working for Desktop, Android and iOS.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 A very wise choice!

[dave1904]

hey @phenomlab sorry for bothering you again. I’ve tried to start ntfy as a service as you recommended. But now I don’t receive any more push notifications. Do I have to make ntfy “serve” like a service too?