help with setting up nameserver with Webmin

highrise · 10-11-2011, 06:15 PM

tried removing SElenux enforcement - no difference. I'm in a real bind now, I had the system going to the default page at least, now it's just locking me out completely.

highrise · 10-11-2011, 06:17 PM

quick update - it now goes to the Apache set up page, i.e a default holding page once again, not to the correct folder. grrr.

bathory · 10-12-2011, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highrise

quick update - it now goes to the Apache set up page, i.e a default holding page once again, not to the correct folder. grrr.

Since dns is working again, but you can't do the vhost migration, I suggest you to create those vhosts from scratch. It's not a big deal to create the configuration for 3-4 vhosts.

Regards

highrise · 10-12-2011, 01:25 AM

well, you say that but it should not have been a big deal to create one - I removed the site in question and recreated it from scratch, and got the errors as described. I really don't want to risk removing sites which are currently working perfectly well, to have them do the same thing.

bathory · 10-12-2011, 02:07 AM

No need to remove sites
You just recreate the vhosts in apache config and point their DocumentRoot to the DocumentRoot that was setup previously in plesk
You can run

Code:

apachectl -S

to see what vhosts are configured in apache.

highrise · 10-12-2011, 12:51 PM

yes, I understand that I just have to remove the sites config in Apache, but I already tried this for the existing site and created a new one, and it goes to the default page. I am pretty sure that if I do that with any of the (currently working) sites, I will end up with the same problem, meaning I have double trouble.

I'll look at the Apache error log and try that command.

highrise · 10-12-2011, 12:57 PM

when I run that command, it reports on the various hosts. Some of the working ones say:

port 80 namevhost workinghost.com (/var/www/vhosts/workinghost.com/conf/httpd.include:9)

the one that doesn't redirect says:

port 80 namevhost notworking.com (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:997)
my.ip.in.here:443 is a NameVirtualHost

should I be looking at that httpd.conf file?

highrise · 10-12-2011, 02:31 PM

ok I found some entries in these files and pointed the system to the httpd.conf file in the conf folder, and it now goes to the correct site - however, when I FTP to the site it goes to the wrong location! ah, what a tangled web. I think I can fix that particular issue though.

highrise · 10-12-2011, 04:18 PM

I repointed the user to the correct directory but now I just get a lot of time outs on the FTP connection. Makes no sense!

bathory · 10-13-2011, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by highrise

I repointed the user to the correct directory but now I just get a lot of time outs on the FTP connection. Makes no sense!

Please note that timeouts usually mean some network or firewall problem. So check your ftp server settings (about active or passive ftp), as well as your firewall rules.

Regards

highrise · 10-13-2011, 04:55 AM

thanks - I really appreciate the time you have taken to help me, I'll keep you posted, I'm learning a lot of this as I go along.