Fresh installation and Homekit is unable to connect to bridge

[hyperbart]

I just installed a VM (on my ESXi) at home. Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, did the full run of updates and upgrades.
Flat network, 1 subnet, 1 VLAN

After updates and upgrades I did a reboot and then went to the repo on Github (https://github.com/koush/scrypted/wiki/Installation:-Docker-Compose-Linux) and performed the following:

mkdir -p ~/.scrypted
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koush/scrypted/main/install/docker/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh > ~/.scrypted/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh 
sudo SERVICE_USER=$USER bash ~/.scrypted/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh

After this I am able to browse to the IP:port of my VM and configured username + password and installed the Homekit plugin.

However, I am not able to add the virtual Bridge Scrypted created to my home. It is able to detect it on my network when I try to add but it times out after I tap to add and scan the code. It keeps on connecting and eventually times out with a yellow triangle.

"Unable to Add Accessory"
"Accessory is not reachable"

Verified the docker file, which is set to host mode networking.

I have other Homekit bridges in my home (Hue, Homebridge on a server, Homebridge on a HOOBS in the garden shed/garage) so I am quite familiar with working with Homekit but I can't see what is going wrong here.

Full install log for your convenience:

bart@testbak:~$ mkdir -p ~/.scrypted
bart@testbak:~$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koush/scrypted/main/install/docker/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh > ~/.scrypted/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh
bart@testbak:~$ sudo SERVICE_USER=$USER bash ~/.scrypted/install-scrypted-docker-compose.sh
[sudo] password for bart:
Install Docker? (y/n) y
# Executing docker install script, commit: e5543d473431b782227f8908005543bb4389b8de
+ sh -c apt-get update -qq >/dev/null
+ sh -c DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl >/dev/null
+ sh -c install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+ sh -c curl -fsSL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg" | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+ sh -c chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+ sh -c echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu jammy stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+ sh -c apt-get update -qq >/dev/null
+ sh -c DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-buildx-plugin >/dev/null
+ sh -c docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           24.0.7
 API version:       1.43
 Go version:        go1.20.10
 Git commit:        afdd53b
 Built:             Thu Oct 26 09:07:41 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          24.0.7
  API version:      1.43 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.20.10
  Git commit:       311b9ff
  Built:            Thu Oct 26 09:07:41 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.26
  GitCommit:        3dd1e886e55dd695541fdcd67420c2888645a495
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.10
  GitCommit:        v1.1.10-0-g18a0cb0
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

================================================================================

To run Docker as a non-privileged user, consider setting up the
Docker daemon in rootless mode for your user:

    dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install

Visit https://docs.docker.com/go/rootless/ to learn about rootless mode.


To run the Docker daemon as a fully privileged service, but granting non-root
users access, refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/daemon-access/

WARNING: Access to the remote API on a privileged Docker daemon is equivalent
         to root access on the host. Refer to the 'Docker daemon attack surface'
         documentation for details: https://docs.docker.com/go/attack-surface/

================================================================================

Created /home/bart/.scrypted/docker-compose.yml
Setting permissions on /home/bart/.scrypted
Optional:
Edit docker-compose.yml to add external storage for Scrypted NVR? (y/n) n
docker compose down
docker compose rm -rf
docker compose pull
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docker compose up -d
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Scrypted is now running at: https://localhost:10443/
Note that it is https and that you'll be asked to approve/ignore the website certificate.

[koush]

set your scrypted server address in the sidebar. that will be your mdns address in homekit. then reload homekit plugin.

[hyperbart]

@koush : thanks!
Suggestion: maybe we should add it to the readme section/troubleshooting section?

I added the IP but didn't restart probably at that point while I was troubleshooting.