BTC RPC Explorer

[cocktailsk]

Describe the bug
when trying to acccess BTC RPC Explorer Im getting the below error message:
This explorer currently is failing to connect to your Bitcoin Core node.
Check your connection details (host & port for Bitcoin Core), as well as your authentication details (username, password, etc).
All of these parameters need to be specified in a ".env" file or via commandline parameters. See the project homepage to review how to configure this explorer.

Expected behavior
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Browser safari
• Version 16.6.1

MyNode hardware (please complete the following information):

• Device: Nuc with win11 and virtualbox

Mynode was manually upgraded to 0.3.24 when checking the log I see the .env file is missing in /home/bitcoin/.config/

Dec 21 09:50:57 myNode btcrpcexplorer[22093]: 2023-12-21T15:50:57.859Z btcexp:app Config file found at /opt/mynode/btc-rpc-explorer/.env, loading...
Dec 21 09:50:57 myNode btcrpcexplorer[22093]: 2023-12-21T15:50:57.859Z btcexp:app Config file not found at /etc/btc-rpc-explorer/.env, continuing...
Dec 21 09:50:57 myNode btcrpcexplorer[22093]: 2023-12-21T15:50:57.858Z btcexp:app Config file not found at /home/bitcoin/.config/btc-rpc-explorer.env, continuing...

[tehelsper]

The upgrade may not have worked. You could try starting with a fresh image. A script with this line should be running before the app starts that sets up the env file.

cp /usr/share/mynode/btcrpcexplorer_env /opt/mynode/btc-rpc-explorer/.env

[davterra]

This is still open, and looking on Telegram it appears to still be a widespread issue.
It's a current problem for my instance of myNode.
Has there been any further progress on this?

[nevrrmind]

I may have had exactly the same problem. The following was also in the log: "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:8332"

I then changed the following part in

/usr/share/mynode/btcrpcexplorer_env

BTCEXP_BITCOIND_HOST=localhost
changed to
BTCEXP_BITCOIND_HOST=127.0.0.1

Then I restarted the BTC Explorer and now everything is working as expected.

[tehelsper]

Bitcoin should also be listening on ::1:8332 now for RPC connections. You may be on an old version or have a custom bitcoin config overriding the defaults.