Multichain explorer 2 cant find multichain directory

Question

I get the following error when trying to start multichain explorer 2. I checked and the multichain node is definitely running from the same dir. Please help.

 

python3 -m explorer example.ini start
MultiChain Explorer, version 2.0

Couldn't find MultiChain directory /home/geo/.multichain/chainnew

rpchost=0.0.0.0

rpcport=9732/
Couldn't retrieve RPC parameters for local chain chainnew

 

 

 

 

 

Answer 1

Hey there,
I had similar problem, take a look if you have any spaces before parameters in the file :)

Answer 2

If you don't want to specify datadir explicitly in the Explorer 2 .ini file, MultiChain should not be running from the same directory as the Explorer. It should be running from a directory based on the specified blockchain name. In any event I recommend just specify the datadir explicitly.

Comments

OK, I'm not sure what's happening with the datadir setting under sudo on your VM. So I suggest just bypassing it, it's only used to read some configuration settings. Instead, just make sure you set these values correctly in your Explorer .ini file:

name=chainnew
rpchost=http://10.211.55.21
rpcport=9732
rpcuser=multichainrpc
rpcpassword=[whatever is set in multichain.conf]

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looks like its responding with a 403 Forbidden

telnet 10.211.55.21 9732
Trying 10.211.55.21...
Connected to 10.211.55.21.
Escape character is '^]'.
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:32:20 +0000
Connection: close
Content-Length: 9
Content-Type: text/plain
Server: multichain-json-rpc/2.2

ForbiddenConnection closed by foreign host.

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This is because of the rpcallowip setting for MultiChain. Assuming both the Explorer and node are running on the same (virtual) host, just change this in the Explorer .ini file:

rpchost=http://127.0.0.1

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Still no luck. I give up.

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Sorry to hear that. If you want more help, let us know. I can tell you for sure that we've had no problem with Explorer 2 in our testing here, so the problem is probably something quite simple in a configuration somewhere.