gii not working in yii

Question

I am new in yii framework. In my site gii shows the error

Error 403 You are not allowed to access this page.

I set the gii in the config file like this

'gii'=>array(
    'class'=>'system.gii.GiiModule',
    'password'=>'test123',
    'ipFilters'=>array('192.168.0.101','127.0.0.1','::1'),
),

still it show the error

Answer 1

Following on from sandy8086's good answer. If your remote host is dual stacked (IPv6/IPv4) then you may have a dynamic IPv6 address automatically allocated in your subnet prefix range. The IPv4 method of using a wildcard '*' can also be adopted with the IPv6 address, thus: 'ab01:1234:5678:abcd:*', if you had a /64 prefix, this would match any address on your IPv6 network. This worked for me and got when I had trouble with the 'Error 403' and the penny dropped when I discovered, using Yii::app()->request->userHostAddress, that I was connecting via IPv6.

Answer 2

To fix this, look in your main config file for the modules section for Gii, and add an

ipFilters array that includes your own IP:

// protected/config/main.php

return array(

...

'modules' => array(

    'gii' => array(

        'class'     => 'system.gii.GiiModule',

        'password'  => 'Enter Your Password Here',

        'ipFilters' => array('127.0.0.1', '192.168.1.7'),   // EDIT TO TASTE

    ),

    ...

The ipFilters property can include as many items as you like, and they can be straight

IP addresses or wildcards such as "192.168.1.*".

IPv6 addresses are supported as well if the underlying platform supports it, and "::1"

represents localhost (which may be required in some configurations).

Be careful not to open Gii to a too-wide audience lest it become a security risk.

Note: Yii 1.1.6 adds the default filter directly to the stock config file:

// If removed, Gii defaults to localhost only. Edit carefully to taste.

'ipFilters'=>array('127.0.0.1','::1'),

hope solved your problem..

Answer 3

I was getting the same error. I checked my IP with Yii::app()->request->userHostAddress; turns out that this is returning an IPv6 address which looks something liks this ab01::1. This may be the behavior especially if you are using Safari (on OS X ... Chrome on OS X is showing the normal 127.0.0.1 IP. Strangely odd behavior from these two WebKit browsers).

So, simply put Yii::app()->request->userHostAddress in one of your views, and then copy the result from the output, and paste it in config/main.php:

    'gii'=>array(
        ...
        // If removed, Gii defaults to localhost only. Edit carefully to taste.
        'ipFilters'=>array('127.0.0.1','192.168.1.*','ab01::1','::1'),
    ),

Answer 4

You may set...

'ipFilters' => false

From the docs http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/GiiModule#ipFilters-detail ...

If you want to allow all IPs to access gii, you may set this property to be false (DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE!!!)

Answer 5

Make sure theres no pregenerated config at the bottom of the config file. Those will overwrite whatever you added above:

if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
    // configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
    $config['modules']['debug'] = 'yii\debug\Module';

    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
    $config['modules']['gii'] = 'yii\gii\Module';
}

Should become (example, allows anyone):

if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
    // configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
    $secure = ['allowedIPs' => ['*']];

    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
    $config['modules']['debug'] = ['class' => 'yii\debug\Module'] + $secure;

    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
    $config['modules']['gii'] = ['class' => 'yii\gii\Module'] + $secure;
}

Answer 6

This is the only line that worked for me:

'ipFilters'=>array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']),