aws, rpc-wan-ip, nginx as proxy - cant get it to work

[klemendlabs]

I'm using

• aws ec2 instance with wan elastic ip
• ubuntu geth node 1.8.2
• explorer
• nginx as proxy (a domain and ssl set-up)

app/app.js

var GETH_HOSTNAME       = "localhost";  // put your IP address!
var GETH_RPCPORT        = 8544;                 // for geth --rpcport GETH_RPCPORT

geth node
/usr/bin/geth --rpc --rpcaddr localhost --rpccorsdomain "*" --rpcvhosts "*" --rpcport 8544 --testnet --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,personal"

package.json
"start": "http-server ./app -a localhost -p 8000 -c-1",

Starting up http-server, serving ./app
Available on:
http://localhost:8000

Can't get it to work, the main problem is that I can't get the explorer to connect to node :
Error: CONNECTION ERROR: Couldn't connect to node http://localhost:8544, is it running?

Could be the relatively outdated packages (web3, http-server)?

[sthnaqvi]

var GETH_HOSTNAME = "localhost";
replace "localhost" with your IP of ec2 ubuntu instance, if you configure Nginx for port 8544 then replace "http://"+GETH_HOSTNAME+":"+GETH_RPCPORT on line app.js line no 96 web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://"+GETH_HOSTNAME+":"+GETH_RPCPORT));
with your domain name.
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