Apache Server troubleshooting

lorewap3 · 05-11-2011, 07:08 PM

I'm having issues getting apache to respond to requests outside of my local LAN. If I goto my server URL (http://www.poillion.com) it says connecting... but never finishes and returns anything.

I'm using Ubuntu Server 10.10.

a) The DNS is working fine. It's pointed to my cable modem's IP and ping responds fine.
b) The apache server is setup and is working locally. In fact, if I use w3m and goto www.poillion.com I reach the test page perfectly.

I can't figure out where the missing piece is to close this gap. Here are some config files to illustrate my setup:

hostname

Quote:

poillion

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Quote:

ServerName poillion

/etc/hosts

Quote:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 poillion

(along with ipv6 ones)

Note: I had my LAN IP and cable modem IP both setup in here as www.poillion.com and that didn't work.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/poillion

Quote:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.poillion.com

ServerAlias *.poillion.com
ServerAlias *.willpoillion.com

ServerAdmin will@poillion.com

DocumentRoot /home/www
<Directory />
Options -FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /home/www/>
Options +Indexes +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +MultiViews +ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/poillion_error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel debug

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/poillion_access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Any help diagnosing would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Will

chrism01 · 05-11-2011, 10:00 PM

127.x.x.x is the localhost address; only avail internally to the OS to allow it to connect to itself.
You'll need the ethernet address eg 192.168.1.1
Try

Code:

ifconfig -a

to find it.
You'll need your modem/router to fwd incoming reqs to port 80 to re-direct/fwd to that addr on port 80.

SL00b · 05-12-2011, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorewap3

a) The DNS is working fine. It's pointed to my cable modem's IP and ping responds fine.

I think this is your problem. DNS is pointing to your cable modem's IP address, but your cable modem isn't running Apache.

You'd have to change DNS to point to your server, or you'd have to make a change in your cable modem to forward those packets to your server. I'm not sure about the second one... you'd have to check with your modem's documentation.