Calling the dfx local replica from network

[misha]

Hi, guys!

I’m trying to establish a connection between my laptop and the server, both in our network.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be a bit more complicated than I would expect.

We have a server in our network, where I run dfx start, and where I have a canister deployed.
If I try to call the canister from the terminal on that server, e.g.
dfx canister call bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai mng_get_integration
, I can succesfully get the expected response.

But when I’m trying to call the canister on that server from my laptop:
dfx canister call bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai mng_get_integration --network http://192.xxx.xxx.1:8123
, it just gets stuck.

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,
Mikhail

[Severin]

It probably has something to do with how you expose that port to the network. Maybe these threads give you some ideas?

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[misha]

Hi, Severin. Thank you for the quick reply!

I assume, that the port is open and reachable. I can connect to it with telnet.
And also, when I try to use some non-existent canister-id, I get response from dfx:
Cannot find canister id. Please issue 'dfx canister create bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cac --network http___192_xxx_xxx_1_8123

[misha]

And also, when I try to reach the canister from the browser, I get the response:

[misha]

Though, if I use a dfx canister sign + dfx canister send + dfx canister request-status, I get the correct response… Any hints about what could be wrong when I try to use just dfx canister call ?