Override.cli.url does not work for me

Server
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I’m using the latest dockerized version (10.13) and have found various places (e.g. Email Notification - http ://localhost - #2 by lrzuniga – but I’m not allowed to include links) telling me that overwrite.cli.url is the place to set the URL prefix when emails contain the wrong host/port/scheme.

I’ve changed it in config.php and restarted the server, but it never has any effect.

My setup is the dockerized server sitting behind a non-dockerized Nginx to provide an HTTPS reverse proxy (which also proxies other things on the same TLD). The OwnCoud path prefix is set to be /owncloud and this works fine.

What doesn’t work is when I trigger an invitation email to be resent (for example), the link is always to the underlying host’s IP address – interestingly not the IP address of the container itself. The only place I can find that this IP address is mentioned is as a trusted domain.

So I assume that means it’s most likely coming from the OwnCloud server’s view of where requests are made: the reverse proxy directs OwnCloud traffic to http ://10.255.30.12:8080/owncloud (I had to include an extra space as it thinks I’m trying to insert a link) and that’s what’s always in the emails, regardless of the value of override.cli.url.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start a dockerized instance of OwnCloud behind a non-dockerized Nginx to provide HTTPS.
  2. Set the value of override.cli.url to Nginx’s TLD.
  3. Restart the server to be safe.
  4. Trigger an invitation email.

Expected behaviour

The email should contain the scheme, host (and optional port) configured in override.cli.url.

Actual behaviour

The email contains the underlying machine’s local (in my case internal) IP address and port 8080, which is where Nginx proxies to.

Server configuration

Dockerized using the docker-compose.yml file defaults; it’s “ownCloud 10.13.1 (stable)”.

Login as admin user into your ownCloud and access 
http://example.com/index.php/settings/integrity/failed 
paste the results into https://gist.github.com/ and puth the link here.

Page displays only: “No errors have been found.”

The content of config/config.php:

{
    "basic": {
        "license key": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "date": "Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:42:40 +0000",
        "ownCloud version": "10.13.1.3",
        "ownCloud version string": "10.13.1",
        "ownCloud edition": "Community",
        "server OS": "Linux",
        "server OS version": "Linux 0a808bdcf4ff 5.15.0-83-generic #92-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 14 09:30:42 UTC 2023 x86_64",
        "server SAPI": "apache2handler",
        "webserver version": "Apache",
        "hostname": "10.255.30.12:8080",
        "logged-in user": "admin"
    },
    "stats": {
        "users": {
            "Database": {
                "total_count": 3,
                "guest_count": 0,
                "seen": 1,
                "logged in (30 days)": 1
            }
        },
        "groups": {
            "OC\\Group\\Database": 2
        }
    },
    "config": {
        "apps_paths": [
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/owncloud\/apps",
                "url": "\/apps",
                "writable": false
            },
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/owncloud\/custom",
                "url": "\/custom",
                "writable": true
            }
        ],
        "trusted_domains": [
            "10.255.30.12",
            "localhost",
            "***REMOVED TLD***"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "\/mnt\/data\/files",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "dbhost": "mariadb:3306",
        "dbname": "owncloud",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "log_type": "owncloud",
        "supportedDatabases": [
            "sqlite",
            "mysql",
            "pgsql"
        ],
        "upgrade.disable-web": true,
        "default_language": "en",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": 25,
        "overwrite.cli.url": "http:\/\/**REMOVED TLD***\/owncloud", ***BUT THIS SHOULD SAY https NOT http AS THAT IS WHAT'S IN config.php***
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/owncloud",
        "logfile": "\/mnt\/data\/files\/owncloud.log",
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "filelocking.enabled": true,
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "redis",
            "port": "6379"
        },
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "version": "10.13.1.3",
        "dbconnectionstring": "",
        "allow_user_to_change_mail_address": "",
        "logtimezone": "UTC",
        "installed": true,
        "instanceid": "ocj6vka7hmhy"
    },
    "integritychecker": {
        "passing": true,
        "enabled": true,
        "result": []
    },
    "core": {
        "backgroundjobs_mode": "cron",
        "first_install_version": "10.13.1.3",
        "installedat": "1694778940.1797",
        "lastcron": "1694785321",
        "lastupdateResult": "[]",
        "lastupdatedat": "1694784386",
        "public_files": "files_sharing\/public.php",
        "public_webdav": "dav\/appinfo\/v1\/publicwebdav.php"
    },
    "apps": [
        ***REMOVED AS POST SIZE LIMIT EXCEEDED***
    ],
    "migrations": [
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20161122085340"
        },
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20161122092159"
        },
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20170131134507"
        },
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20170724182159"
        },
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20181019151118"
        },
        {
            "app": "activity",
            "version": "20181022150134"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170101010100"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170101215145"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170111103310"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170213215145"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170214112458"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170221114437"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170221121536"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170315173825"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170320173955"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170418154659"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170516100103"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170526104128"
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        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170605143658"
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        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170711191432"
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        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170804201253"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20170928120000"
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        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20171026130750"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20180123131835"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20180302155233"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20180319102121"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20180607072706"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20181017105216"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20181017120818"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20181113071753"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20181220085457"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20190125162909"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20200610110817"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20210928123126"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20230105001100"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20230120101715"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20230210073645"
        },
        {
            "app": "core",
            "version": "20230210103154"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170116150538"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170116170538"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170202213905"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170202220512"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170427182800"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170519091921"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170526100342"
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        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170711193427"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20170927201245"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20180622095921"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20181115210344"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20190823065724"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20200114181454"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20200427142541"
        },
        {
            "app": "dav",
            "version": "20210714123001"
        },
        {
            "app": "federatedfilesharing",
            "version": "20170804201125"
        },
        {
            "app": "federatedfilesharing",
            "version": "20170804201253"
        },
        {
            "app": "federatedfilesharing",
            "version": "20190410160725"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_external",
            "version": "20170814051424"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_external",
            "version": "20210511082903"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_external",
            "version": "20220329110116"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20170804201125"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20170804201253"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20170830112305"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20171115154900"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20171215103657"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20190426123324"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20200504211654"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_sharing",
            "version": "20200823121322"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_trashbin",
            "version": "20170804201125"
        },
        {
            "app": "files_trashbin",
            "version": "20170804201253"
        },
        {
            "app": "notifications",
            "version": "20170801085340"
        },
        {
            "app": "notifications",
            "version": "20170801152524"
        },
        {
            "app": "notifications",
            "version": "20180119080933"
        },
        {
            "app": "notifications",
            "version": "20180604132522"
        }
    ],
    "phpinfo": []
}

List of activated apps:
Can’t do this; sudo is not installed, it seems.

If you have access to your command line run e.g.:
sudo -u www-data php occ app:list
from within your ownCloud installation folder.

Are you using external storage, if yes which one: local/smb/sftp/…
No

Are you using encryption: yes/no
No

Are you using an external user-backend, if yes which one: LDAP/ActiveDirectory/Webdav/…
No

Logs

Web server error log

No logs, apparently.

ownCloud log (data/owncloud.log)

Does not exist.

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Update:

I’m not sure if I even needed the override.cli.url setting, but what I did need was some extra headers in the Nginx reverse proxy configuration:

    location /owncloud/ {
        proxy_pass http://10.255.30.12:8080/owncloud/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

This fixed the links in the email for me.

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