[Wordpress] Default Wordpress bitnami instance on AWS Lightsail returns 401 error while using REST API to create a post

[a-v-ershov]

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Server ports 22, 80 and/or 443 are not publicly accessible. Please check the
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I created a WordPress instance using AWS Lightsail. I added SSL certificate and redirects from non-www to www and from http to https. Then, I created credentials for api usage.
I checked that GET request to get posts works (/wp/v2/posts)
But POST request to create a post (using the same endpoint) returns 401 error.

Status code: 401.
Response: {"code":"rest_cannot_create","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.","data":{"status":401}}

[jotamartos]

Hi @ershovio,

Thank you for using Bitnami. That's a specific question about the application and how it works. Please take a look at the app's documentation and forums to get more information about it.

Thanks

[a-v-ershov]

Hi @ershovio,

Thank you for using Bitnami. That's a specific question about the application and how it works. Please take a look at the app's documentation and forums to get more information about it.

Thanks

Hi!
As I said I tried the default Bitnami instance of Wordpress. The REST API should work as described here: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/

But authentication doesn't work somehow. So, I suppose it's related to some Bitnami's changes in the Wordpress instance. It's the reason I created a ticket here.

[jotamartos]

You need to use https and an "Application Password" to perform those requests.

https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/using-the-rest-api/authentication/#basic-authentication-with-application-passwords

I just created a post using the UI and deleted it later using this command

# curl -k -X DELETE --user "user:1ONS pulJ 0AQO 578p pxdu nTiy" https://localhost/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/6
{"id":6,"date":"2023-11-24T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=6","raw":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=6"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:20:09","password":"","slug":"test__trashed","status":"trash"
...

Please take a look at the documentation to get more information about how to use the API

[a-v-ershov]

Sorry, I used an incorrect user 🙏. I'll close the issue