Fix: do not use localhost (#468)

alembic.ini

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for ne
 # are written from script.py.mako
 # output_encoding = utf-8
 
-sqlalchemy.url = driver://user:pass@localhost/dbname
+sqlalchemy.url = driver://user:pass@127.0.0.1/dbname
 
 
 [post_write_hooks]

deployment/docker-build/config.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ binancechain:
     packing_node: False
 
 mongodb:
-    uri: "mongodb://localhost:27017"
+    uri: "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017"
     database: aleph
 
 storage:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ storage:
 
 ipfs:
     enabled: True
-    host: localhost
+    host: 127.0.0.1
     port: 5001
     gateway_port: 8080
 

docs/guides/install.rst

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ You should see the following three containers with a State of "Up":
 Check the metrics
 ------------------
 
-Check that messages are being processed by the node by looking on the metric endpoint, by default http://localhost:4024/metrics .
+Check that messages are being processed by the node by looking on the metric endpoint, by default http://127.0.0.1:4024/metrics .
 
 The number of messages should change when you refresh the page, starting with the variable pyaleph_status_sync_pending_messages_total
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ You can use `docker-compose logs` and `docker logs` for this purpose.
 Check IPFS
 ----------
 
-IPFS Web UI: http://localhost:5001/webui
+IPFS Web UI: http://127.0.0.1:5001/webui
 
 .. warning::
     This web interface is only accessible on localhost in the default Docker Compose configuration.

src/aleph/api_entrypoint.py

@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ async def create_app() -> web.Application:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import asyncio
-    web.run_app(create_app(), host="localhost", port=8000)
+    web.run_app(create_app(), host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)

src/aleph/config.py

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ def get_defaults():
             "pool_size": 50,
         },
         "mail": {
-            "email_sender": "aleph@localhost.localdomain",
-            "smtp_url": "smtp://localhost",
+            "email_sender": "aleph@127.0.0.1.localdomain",
+            "smtp_url": "smtp://127.0.0.1",
         },
         "ipfs": {
             "enabled": True,