# So close but... any help is appreciated

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806 "2021-10-26T00:50:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![opadougie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/opadougie/32/2999_2.png) [@opadougie](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/opadougie)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806/1 "2021-10-26T00:50:50Z")

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![Screenshot from 2021-10-25 20-43-19](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/solidproject/original/2X/f/f6e4da53f7478118329ee4ae5b3da5e12ff720cf.jpeg)  
can’t seem to find anything close on the board.

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**Author:** ![jeffz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/jeffz/32/600_2.png) [@jeffz](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/jeffz)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806/2 "2021-10-26T02:10:14Z")

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Solid servers can be a) a Pod provider b) an Identity Provider or c) Both. [https://solidcommunity.net](https://solidcommunity.net) is both as is [https://inrupt.net](https://inrupt.net). So when that dropdown asks for an Identity provider, it is not asking for your WebID, it is asking the origin - the place you got your WebID from. If your WebID was issued by [https://pod.derOpa.io](https://pod.derOpa.io), then you should put that in, not your full WebID, if you get the same response, that means that the server’s Identity Provider is not spec compliant.

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**Author:** ![opadougie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/opadougie/32/2999_2.png) [@opadougie](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/opadougie)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806/3 "2021-10-26T17:19:41Z")

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wow thanks for the info. totally a tourist here. link to my home-server is with a zero [https://pod.der0pa.io](https://pod.der0pa.io) … currently returning the pwdirectory… running a very simple reverse-proxy with nginx. thanks again.

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**Author:** ![opadougie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/opadougie/32/2999_2.png) [@opadougie](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/opadougie)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/so-close-but-any-help-is-appreciated/4806/4 "2022-11-11T16:56:48Z")

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back again this year! 😉  
running solidos on a M1 mac. no -problems on localhost:8443. all seems to work  
got a static ip 76.161.87.249 and have port-forwarded. 80 443

(base) douglassmith@Douglass-MacBook-Pro Sites % nc -z -v 76.161.87.249 30-9000  
[static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net](http://static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net) [76.161.87.249] 80 (http) open  
[static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net](http://static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net) [76.161.87.249] 443 (https) open  
[static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net](http://static-76-161-87-249.dsl.cavtel.net) [76.161.87.249] 7547 (cwmp) open

 ![Screenshot 2022-11-11 at 11.51.21 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/solidproject/original/2X/f/f3a9421e12f0e7505a6c29f28e4c0f6f4429d91f.png)

firewall on mac is turned off

i’ve tweaked all settings in modem/router …  
ip always resolves to modem login [pod.der0pa.io](http://pod.der0pa.io)  
any idea what i’m doing wrong?

started solidos by:  
(base) douglassmith@Douglass-MacBook-Pro solidos % npm start watch