ALLOWED_HOSTS error

[Mike Dewhirst]

My Django log is full of these errors ...

ERROR /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py TIME: 2022-09-28 00:13:17,204 MSG: exception.py:response_for_exception:99 Invalid HTTP_HOST header: '111.222.333.444'. You may need to add '111.222.333.444' to ALLOWED_HOSTS.

... where '111.222.333.444. is the correct IP address of the FQDN for the site.

Everything seems to be working but these errors are just consuming disk space.

My reading of the docs https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts does not indicate the IP address should be in ALLOWED_HOSTS.

My inclination is it shouldn't be there.

What is the correct way to deal with this?

Many thanks

Mike

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[Lakshyaraj Dash]

Put only domain names in allowed hosts

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[Mike Dewhirst]

On 22/11/2022 11:54 am, Lakshyaraj Dash wrote:

Put only domain names in allowed hosts

Thank you - that makes me feel better.

Can you tell me why the error is appearing? Is it some sort of hacking attempt?

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[Lakshyaraj Dash]

No,

Actually some ip addresses don't allow access to them directly. So you have to do it with a domain name.

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