{"id":2821,"date":"2019-10-23T14:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2821"},"modified":"2022-10-05T08:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T00:01:24","slug":"what-does-activation-failed-invalid-or-missing-railgun-token-or-tag-mean-when-starting-railgun","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/what-does-activation-failed-invalid-or-missing-railgun-token-or-tag-mean-when-starting-railgun","title":{"rendered":"What does &#8216;Activation Failed: Invalid or missing railgun token or tag&#8217; mean when starting Railgun?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2821\" class=\"elementor elementor-2821\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f30a56d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f30a56d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f5d074\" data-id=\"44f5d074\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8756cd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8756cd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does 'Activation Failed: Invalid or missing railgun token or tag' mean when starting Railgun?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-113aa253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"113aa253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When starting the Railgun service for the first time, you may see an error that states:\u00a0<\/p><pre>Starting railgun Error starting Railgun as a daemon. Running in foreground... Error activating: Activation Failed: Invalid or missing railgun token or tag.  [fail]<\/pre><p>There are two possible causes for this error:<\/p><ol><li>The\u00a0<a title=\"railgun.conf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/docs\/railgun\/installation.html#configuration-and-activation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">railgun.conf<\/a>\u00a0file doesn&#8217;t have the proper public IP (<code>activation.public_ip<\/code>\u00a0or<code>activation.railgun_host<\/code>\u00a0in newer versions of Railgun) and\/or activation token (<code>activation.token<\/code>) configured.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>There&#8217;s a chance the Railgun created for the domain\u00a0in your account\u00a0was not created properly. Delete it, create a new one, and try again.<\/li><\/ol><p>If the issue persists after trying both of these steps, please contact support.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does &#8216;Activation Failed: Invalid or missing railgun token or tag&#8217; mean when starting Railgun? When starting the Railgun service for the first time, you may see an error that states:\u00a0 Starting railgun Error starting Railgun as a daemon. Running in foreground&#8230; Error activating: Activation Failed: Invalid or missing railgun token or tag. 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