after installing Post Office Stack by Joe Workman I decided to opt for Sendy as a self-hosted newsletter program. It looks better in terms of GDPR compliance after a quick browse.
I post this topic on the Lounge as it is not directly something for the RapidWeaver software, but I really value the quality and professionalism of this forum and I contacted both parties involved (Sendy and GoDaddy) but none could really manage to find a solution to this issue. I will try again anyway, as I don’t want to give it up.
When I bought Sendy, I recieved a “GetStarted Guide” and I followed it step by step, until I got blocked on step 4 which is when I need to install Sendy on my webpage (see picture below). The AWS access key details can be left blank for now, and can be adjusted later on when I will register with the Amazon Web Serivces (AWS)
I called my hosting company (more than once) and they said there is not an issue with my site. (!?)
I contacted Sendy and the person said it’s not something to do with the Sendy application, but with the hosting company.
I’ll keep in touch with them anyway to try and find out more, but I wanted to check from the RapidWeaver community:
502’s can be tough to debug.
Usually it’s more a hosting or script issue and can be difficult to get resolved without hosting company support.
Sometimes a query, script, or request will take too long and so it is canceled or killed by the server. A lot of hosts, especially shared hosts implement what they call a “kill script.”
I’m not familiar with Sendy and my only experience with goDaddy is move sites off of their servers. My suggestion would be to “double check” all the setup settings. Also looks like sandy has to have AWS, even though it says “you can setup later” you may try adding that info early.
You might think about checking to see if anyone else (not just RapidWeaver folks) has setup Sendy on GoDaddy. Maybe search for it or check Twitter.
Have you asked on the Sendy forums? I googled “Sendy install 502 gateway error” and some interesting results came up. I am not sure if any of them pertain to your setup though.
Yes, as @joeworkman was kind enough to mention, I have a Newsletter service that I control and maintain for clients. I handle the administration, Amazon issues (such as blacklists and spam complaints), security and updates. It even integrates great with Joe’s Postoffice Stack.
I’d be happy to help you get started, just let me know!
The page is showing fine to me, but then when I click on the button “Install Now” I get the message ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
Everything on the form is correct.
I am starting to understand that the problem is a security-derived problem.
For example this is what I get on Chrome:
In the guidelines of Sendy’s Installation they actually suggest to define the APP_PATH with a http URL, but I think that is only as an example and because my site is https the APP_PATH is set up as https as you can see from the link above of my site.
(see below the excerpt from the Sendy’s guidelines)
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