How do you setup Webhooks for local testing?

[Alex Patterson]

I can't seem to get Fusionauth to hit localhost:3000/webhooks but it does seem to work on webhook.site instead.

[Alex Patterson]

First make sure to check Home -> Settings -> Webhooks validate that you have something similar to the below screenshot.

Please note if you try turning on an event that is license only you will not be able to save correctly (this should be fixed in newer releases).

DOCKER

If you are using Docker you will need to setup two things correctly.

1. extra_hosts on the fusionauth container in your docker-compose.yml like below

  fusionauth:
        image: fusionauth/fusionauth-app:latest
        depends_on:
          db:
            condition: service_healthy
          search:
            condition: service_healthy
        environment:
          DATABASE_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/fusionauth
          DATABASE_ROOT_USERNAME: ${POSTGRES_USER}
          DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
          DATABASE_USERNAME: ${DATABASE_USERNAME}
          DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
          FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY: ${FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY}
          FUSIONAUTH_APP_RUNTIME_MODE: ${FUSIONAUTH_APP_RUNTIME_MODE}
          FUSIONAUTH_APP_URL: http://fusionauth:9011
          SEARCH_SERVERS: http://search:9200
          SEARCH_TYPE: elasticsearch
          FUSIONAUTH_APP_KICKSTART_FILE: ${FUSIONAUTH_APP_KICKSTART_FILE}
    
        networks:
          - db_net
          - search_net
          - mailcatcher_net
        restart: unless-stopped
        ports:  
          - 9011:9011
        volumes:
          - fusionauth_config:/usr/local/fusionauth/config
          - ./kickstart:/usr/local/fusionauth/kickstart
        extra_hosts:
          - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"

2. Update your webhook settings in Home -> Settings -> Webhooks by changing http://localhost:3000 to http://host.docker.internal:3000 like below

Side note, if you are using WSL on Windows you will also need to go into PowerShell and map WSL2 (running on 172.19.131.67:3000) to <Windows>:3000

You can find additional details about accessing the host machine at the below link:
https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/installation-guide/docker#accessing-the-host-machine

[maximkvilton]

@alex-patterson It seems like you are experiencing issues with Fusionauth not hitting localhost:3000/webhooks but working correctly on webhook.site. There could be several reasons for this behavior:

Configuration: Double-check your Fusionauth configuration to ensure that the webhook URL is correctly set to "localhost:3000/webhooks" and that there are no typos or errors in the URL.
Firewall or Network Restrictions: Make sure that there are no firewall or network restrictions preventing Fusionauth from accessing localhost. Sometimes, security settings may block external services from accessing localhost.