How to have widgets served locally, on isolated server?

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I have Grist running on Docker in an Ubuntu server;

I created a folder inside the Grist main directory
mkdir widgets

then from that directory, I cloned the Grist Git widgets folder
git clone GitHub - gristlabs/grist-widget: A repository of custom widgets to embed in Grist documents

chat GPT also told me to install Node.js and npm, as some widgets might need them
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm

changed my docker-compose to point to that main widgets directory

environment:
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      - INSECURE_COOKIE=true
      - GRIST_NEW_COLUMN_MENU=true
      - GRIST_CUSTOM_WIDGETS=1
      - GRIST_WIDGETS_DIR=/grist-extra-widgets
      - GRIST_CUSTOM_WIDGETS_URL=/grist-extra-widgets
      - GRIST_WIDGET_LIST_URL=/grist-extra-widgets/manifest.json
      - GRIST_EXPERIMENTAL_PLUGINS=true
      
      #- HTTPS: "external"
      - GRIST_HIDE_UI_ELEMENTS=billing,templates,multiSite
      - APP_STATIC_INCLUDE_CUSTOM_CSS=true

    volumes:
      - ~/Grist:/persist
      - ./widgets/grist-widget:/grist-extra-widgets
      - ~/Grist/gristcss/custom.css:/grist/static/custom.css

ok, what now?

Do I need to build the widgets or something? Or just modify a single manifest.json file on the main widgets folder?

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The URL variables have to be actual URLs. They cannot be merely filesystem paths. That means you need to grab the generated manifest.json file and serve it from some webserver. If you’re using nginx, for example, you can serve it as a static file.

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actually, currently, the URL variables are real URLs , but still not working.
this is the docker compose

services:
grist:
image: gristlabs/grist-omnibus:latest
ports:
- 8484:80
environment:
- URL=http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8484
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and passwords
- INSECURE_COOKIE=true
- GRIST_NEW_COLUMN_MENU=true
- GRIST_CUSTOM_WIDGETS=1
- GRIST_WIDGETS_DIR=http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8484/grist-extra-widgets
- GRIST_CUSTOM_WIDGETS_URL=http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8484/grist-extra-widgets
- GRIST_WIDGET_LIST_URL=http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8484/grist-extra-widgets/manifest.json
- GRIST_EXPERIMENTAL_PLUGINS=true

  #- HTTPS: "external"
  - GRIST_HIDE_UI_ELEMENTS=billing,templates,multiSite
  - APP_STATIC_INCLUDE_CUSTOM_CSS=true

volumes:
  - ~/Grist:/persist
  - ./widgets/grist-widget:/grist-extra-widgets
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Jordi, what is wrong with the docker compose above? Aren´t those real URLs?

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Hi Jordi.

The widgets are appearing now

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But no matter what widget I select, they don´t work

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I hate f******** Linux

all of this server stuff is frustrating as hell

I have no frigging clue what I am doing. I just know I am failing