Cant make web server run my local web page...

Nik0s · 01-04-2004, 08:35 AM

I ;am trying to transfer my perl website from xp to linux. I put the appropriate file to the /var/www and /var/www/cgi-bin but when i am trying htp://localhost from konqueror it doesnt shoe my webpage it just says it cannot connect to localhost. do you know why? i have configured httpd.conf but still i cannot see my webpage. any ideas on how to proceed?

ranger_nemo · 01-04-2004, 07:28 PM

Do you have httpd running? Check with "service httpd status", as root.

trickykid · 01-04-2004, 08:24 PM

Moved: Not a Success Story and seems more suitable in Newbie. May I remind you to try and place your threads in the most appropiate forum, its not rocket science you know. Asking a question is not a Success Story. Regards.

twantrd · 01-05-2004, 02:13 AM

Hi there,

1. Yes, please check if httpd is in fact running, that would help

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2. You say it's a perl website, well, do you have the perl module loaded for apache? Otherwise, it will not serve out your perl webpage.
3. Your cgi-bin is being Scriptaliased correct? You will need to make sure it is as well.
4. Are you running any sort of firewalls?
5. Have you tried just putting in a test index.html file in the documentroot (/var/www) and seeing if that showed up anything when you "http://localhost"?

-twantrd

Nik0s · 01-05-2004, 07:35 AM

Either on Knoppix neither in Gnoppix as well i can run service httpd status, it says command not found. In redhat it works but not on my Gnoppix Debian Distro. Do i have to use another command for that?

ps. trickykid i thought this was the appropriate forum to ask this question!

Seventh · 01-05-2004, 08:33 AM

If you're running the service command, afaik you need to be logged in as root, not SU'd.

try: ps -ax |grep httpd

pnh73 · 01-05-2004, 08:59 AM

also check if httpd is listening on port 80 by issueing the following command:

netstat -an | grep :80

it should output something like this:

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

that is IF httpd is running.

Then we can get down to whether you are configured correctly...

Nik0s · 01-05-2004, 09:59 AM

no it isnt running! why am i gonna start it in Gnoppix?

pnh73 · 01-05-2004, 10:09 AM

so you can browse your webpage ?! :s

Start it by running

apachectl start

[ first locate the file apachectl ]

Then we mohjy

Nik0s · 01-05-2004, 12:15 PM

ok i have started it! now what? how can i make it start every time i login?

tmorton · 01-05-2004, 12:32 PM

Hi!
I'm assuming that you come up in runlevel 5 (GUI). If not, then replace 5 with 3. I'll say below.

As root, type:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d

If you come up in console, then type:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d

Then, type this command:
ln -s /etc/init.d/httpd S92httpd

The 92 insures that Apache starts after networking and all that good stuff.
Reboot, and it'll come up everytime your computer starts.
Good luck!
--Taj

Nik0s · 01-05-2004, 01:44 PM

thanks a lot, but isnt there some comamnd like setup where i can set which daemons i want to start every time at boot like theri is on redhat distrubutions? is there a command like setup?

tmorton · 01-05-2004, 02:03 PM

Hi!
I'm not sure. But ln -s has always worked for me. Check google.
--Taj

pnh73 · 01-05-2004, 02:17 PM

You, know sometimes I think that people can be lazy... Cant you just try and do what Taj recommended? It doesnt seem like you have... I apologise if I am wrong...

twantrd · 01-05-2004, 04:10 PM

Not all linux distrobutions are the same. You can start services at boot time with "chkconfig" command on redhat but there is no such command on debian. The only way (could be others) that I know how to start services is by performing soft links like how tmorton has stated. The Debian distro requires more manual labor than say redhat.

-twantrd