Hugo server can't select any port v0.38

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Using Hugo v0.38

hugo server --bind=xx.yy.zz.ww --baseURL=http://xx.yy.zz.ww:1313

this fails with “port 1313 already in use, attempting to use an available port”. However, it does not actually bind to another address: “bind: cannot assign requested address”

I do not have any other Hugo instances running, and I do not have anything else listening on port 1313.

Further, if I specify --port=1314 (or any other port) it also fails with the same “already in use” message.

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I’m using this syntax:

hugo server --navigateToChanged --buildDrafts --watch --verbose --source="/path/to/my/project/" --config="/path/to/my/project/config.toml" --baseURL="http://mydomain.com" --port=1314 --enableGitInfo

Does specifying the port on the baseurl even work? (CLI help does not mention it) Also, are you quoting the strings after each switch?

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base url with and without port both fail with the same error, both quoted and unquoted

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I’m on the same version (says .39 but I think that’s just because I compiled it right away after the release). I’m not getting that, FYI. You sure they are not bound?

~ ❯❯❯ hugo env
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.39-DEV-4F639D6B darwin/amd64 BuildDate: 2018-04-02T22:30:36+0900
GOOS="darwin"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOVERSION="go1.10.1"
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Definitely not bound. netstat -an | grep :1313 shows nothing.

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Okay, I’m an idiot. I was trying to bind to the Elastic IP of my EC2 instance, instead of 0.0.0.0.

this works just fine now:

hugo server --bind=0.0.0.0 --baseURL=http://xx.yy.zz.ww --port=1313

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