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[docs] Add a note about testing websites served over a VPN#5758

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fixes #5704

@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut changed the title Add a note about testing websites with VPN [docs] Add a note about testing websites with VPN Dec 1, 2020
@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut added the AREA: docs An issue related to the product documentation. label Dec 1, 2020
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@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut changed the title [docs] Add a note about testing websites with VPN [docs] Add a note about testing websites served over a VPN Dec 1, 2020
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If the tested website is served via OpenVPN, TestCafe may be unable to detect an IP address from where to retrieve the website. In this case, the following error occurs:

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<browsername> can't open the page "https://localhost:<port>/browser/connect/<windowid>"
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https://localhost

Why is localhost in this message?
I thought that TestCafe tries to open localhost only when you specify --hostname localhost explicitly (an approach that you propose as a solution). Otherwise, it uses an IP.

Is this behavior specific to the VPN issue (that TestCafe uses localhost by default)?

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Otherwise, it uses an IP.

Seems like sometimes TestCafe picks an IP that belongs to the VPN connection (which leads to the aforementioned error).

@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut requested a review from AndreyBelym December 8, 2020 07:57
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Co-authored-by: DirkPieterse <dirk.pieterse@devexpress.com>
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❌ Tests for the commit f7e6c96 have failed. See details.

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@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut merged commit a7052d9 into DevExpress:master Dec 16, 2020
@DIRECTcut DIRECTcut deleted the docs5704-vpn-testing branch December 16, 2020 15:46
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