Authentication problem using curl from command line

[Bernd Pichlbauer]

Dear all,

I am trying to write a JIRA plugin using PHP and the JIRA Rest API.

The problem is I cannot connect to JIRA using curl.

Even when I try from command line:

root@mydevel:~# curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:2990/jira/rest/api/2/user/search/?username=admin

curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

I get this "could not connect to host" error.

I can fetch other site like "http://www.google.com" though.

However when try the RESP call in the browser I get the correct response.

Does anybody know, what the problem could be?

Thanks a lot,

Bernd

[Benito Picarelli · Accepted solution]

Hi Bernd,

What version of JIRA are you running?

Also, this could be caused by some firewall blocking the port. I'm assuming that if you make the request to that URL in the browser it works?

Best regards

[Bernd Pichlbauer]

Hi Benito,

Thanks for you input - obviously that was the problem.

Jira is running on my macbook, however my helloworld.php script is running on my webserver which is a virtual machine. Hence, the virtual machine cannot access jira via localhost:2990.

When I access jira via http://bernds-macbook-pro.local:2990/jirafrom within the VM it is working.

Best regards,

Bernd