Godoc -http localhost connection refused

#1

I am trying to get godoc -http to work but o cannot get the browser to connect to localhost. Having trouble finding posts from anyone with a similar issue, What can i try to troubleshoot this?

Thanks!

godoc -http:=6060

using GOPATH mode

http://localhost:6060/

serves up:

This site can’t be reached

localhost refused to connect.

Try:

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

#2

godoc -http=:6060

#3

It could be your firewall, maybe try running on another port or check your firewall program’s config to see if you can unblock it?

#4

What output do you get when you run godoc?

#5

Pay attention to the position of ‘=’ in -http:=6060, godoc cmd use flag lib parses the parameters.

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#6

godoc -http=:6060

#7

I think it was my environment i could not even serve up a simple web page, i re installed and did not change goroot and also had the go folder in the default location and everything worked.

I am using WSL. not sure why it did not install to the default in the first place, but [the third time] it worked and the go folder was where it should be. Everything worked including godoc. A bit of a mystery to me. Thanks to all for the responses. Not sure what i got wrong initially.

#8

watch carefully:

godoc -http:=6060

godoc -http=:6060

#9

This started happening again and i may have tracked it to a race condition that takes place between Windows Fast Boot and WSL a restart fixes it sometimes. The real cool thing when it happens is that if you check the status of localhost with a goroutine it has a status of 200 with no errors. its just the browser that will not connect; even with windows firewall off.