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+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "mambaforge-4.10"
+
+sphinx:
+  builder: html
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+  fail_on_warning: true
+
+conda:
+  environment: environment.yml
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@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Development Guide
 
    config_for_local_use
    service_through_apache
+   troubleshoot/index
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+.. _troubleshoot:
+
+============
+Troubleshoot
+============
+
+These pages contain various scenarions where the app fails.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   unresponsive
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+.. _unresponsive:
+
+Unresponsive Testing Server
+---------------------------
+
+Issue
++++++
+Pointing the web browser to http://testfixture02-test.ornl.gov/admin causes the page to **hang**, the adming page
+never shows up.
+
+**Diagnostics: faulty TLS (ssl) certs**
+
+login to testfixture02-test.ornl.gov and examine the `nginx` logs
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $> ssh cloud@testfixture02-test.ornl.gov
+   $> docker logs test-nginx-1
+   SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey("/etc/pki/wildcard.sns.gov.key") failed (SSL: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch)
+   nginx: [emerg] SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey("/etc/pki/wildcard.sns.gov.key") failed (SSL: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch)
+
+The logs indicate a problem with the certificate files.
+
+An additional test is to substitute the
+`nginx.conf file for the testing environment <https://code.ornl.gov/sns-hfir-scse/deployments/livedata-deploy/-/blob/main/test/nginx.conf?ref_type=heads>`_
+with the
+`local environment one <https://github.com/neutrons/live_data_server/blob/b903a26232dcbccf9f974d522c6113094a0689f0/config/nginx/envlocal.conf>`_,
+which does not contain SSL certificates. Don't forget to change
+`the server name <https://github.com/neutrons/live_data_server/blob/b903a26232dcbccf9f974d522c6113094a0689f0/config/nginx/envlocal.conf#L4>`_
+from `"localhost"` to `"testfixture02-test.ornl.gov"`.
+Redeploy after this. If the  http://testfixture02-test.ornl.gov/admin (notice the `http` instead of `https`) app is
+served now, then it's a problem of the secure connection.
+
+
+**Diagnostics: upstream firewall policy**
+
+If the prod or test servers are hosted on ORNL cloud, ensure that unsolicited incoming requests on ports 80 and 443 are allowed in the upstream firewall.
+Navigate to https://orc-open.ornl.gov and select the security group rules for the hosted instance.
+Check to see that Ingress ports 80(HTTP) and 443(HTTPS) are allowed for 0.0.0.0/0 all IPv4 hosts.  The following screenshot depicts the desired configuration.
+
+.. image:: /developer/media/forward_rule_443.GIF
+    :width: 800px
+    :align: center
+    :alt: forward rule in CADES management