Unable to connect the Channels App via At Home

[mexicanmamba]

Just redid my server with a new unifi setup at home. I had to port forward my server to 8089. It’s working great when I click “Away from Home” but when I want to enter the IP for “At home” it fails.

[chDVRuser]

Looks like you're running Channels DVR in a Docker Container and using Docker Bridge network mode instead of Host network mode?

If you don't use Host network mode, you have to authenticate, even when connecting locally At Home and clients won't be able to connect to the DVR Server At Home.

If that's true, you need to change the Channels DVR container to use Host network mode.

Best practice is to port forward Manual, not Automatic(UPNP ) to your DVR Server and make sure your DVR Server has a DHCP Reserved IP address from your router.

If your DVR server is really at 192.168.7.220:8089, then entering that in the client Setting Connect At Home should work when you're at Home and not Remote. Assuming you're using Host network mode.

If in doubt, ask the Network Administrator that configured your Router
And see the Blog and Notices

Security Update for Docker Deployments

⚠️ Security Resolution Incoming ⚠️

Hey everyone. We're getting ready to roll out an update that has a big change that closes an existing hole in security for your Channels DVR Server. We aren't going to detail it until we've released the update, but we wanted to give you a heads up. Once the update is out, we'll release a post about it in more detail. Read below to see if you're effected and how to fix it. Am I affected? If you are NOT running Channels DVR Server via Docker, you are NOT affected. You can ignore this po…

⚠️ Security Update in v2024.01.08.1431

hey everyone. We've just released Channels DVR Server version 2024.01.08.1431 to the stable channel. This release has a major security fix that may change how you access your Channels DVR Server via your web admin or client, Please read our official post to learn more:

PSA: Running Channels DVR in Docker Desktop for Mac/Windows/Linux using HOST network mode

How many users are aware this has been possible since Docker Desktop v4.34.0 (2024-08-29) Devs may want to add a note to these; https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/#docker Neither Docker for Mac nor Docker for Windows support --net=host. When running on these platforms, you'll have to connect to Channels DVR Server by IP address from Channels. You can do this in the Settings tab of the Channels Apps. . https://hub.docker.com/r/fancybits/channels-dvr Neither Docker for Mac nor Docker f…

[mexicanmamba]

Thank you, I was going nuts figuring it out. I used ChatGPT to make sure my docker compose file is pointed to ensure its in host mode. I guess AI does have its benefits.