Apache Help
 

I installed Apache2 and when I try to go to http://localhost, this is what I get:

An error occured while loading http://localhost:


Timeout on server
Connection was to localhost at port 80

It worked at one time, but I must have did something so it doesnt work. Is there a way I can reset everything in Apache2 or can I reinstall it?

Thanks for any help.

Have you done anything with your firewall lately? It is possible to block your loopback address (localhost, 127.0.0.1) with a firewall.

If you re-install it, then you should rename your config file so it will get re-written. If you download and extract apache from the site, it may have a default config file in the source that you can copy over.

Few things to try ...

Any log errors?
Check your http.conf for Port.
Try telnet localhost 80 to see if it can connect.
Also check your inet/xinetd configs.

brahma

Looks like the problem is my loopback file is missing, I accedently deleted it :cry: I know where it is supposed to go, but what is the file called and what is in it?

are you talking about /etc/hosts ? There should be a line in there that says
127.0.0.1 localhost

You can tell if loopback is working by typing http://127.0.0.1 into your browser. It is the same as http://localhost , except that the IP is already resolved.

No, I am not talking about /etc/host (I cant even find that, I am using RH 9 if that makes a diff). I am talking about /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, there used to be a Lo somthing there (I dont remember exactly what it was), but I read somewhere that it was for loop back functions.

Go to the command line and type . If you get a reply then loopback is working just fine. Type ping localhost as well to see if that is returning anything.

Here is what I get:

[root@localhost root]# ping localhost
PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 500.Serial3-6.GW1.DET5.alter.net (65.195.243.209) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable

And:

[root@localhost root]# ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 65.195.243.209 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

This shows it is not working.

I'm running FC1 (so it should be the same or close to RH9's) and here is what I have for the file you said is gone....

after you put that in you can reboot or run "/etc/init.d/network restart"

Thanks benjithegreat98! That is exactly what I needed. Now I can ping localhost and 127.0.0.1, but when I try to go to http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1, Mozilla says "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" So I am still having troubles with that.

*EDIT* I got it to work now, forgot to start apache again. I need to have it start on boot up. Thanks for all of the help!