setting up a http server with apache

bucovaina78 · 03-29-2009, 11:28 AM

I'm trying to build a small website with Apache2.

If I type localhost in the firefox address bar it works but if I type my dyndns host address it doesn't work, after a while it just quits.

I've put configured port-forwarding for ssh and that works. So I added another forwarding line port 80 outbound, port 80 inbound to my local ip-address. But for some reason that doesn't work.

Nmap gives this reading:

Code:

Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-03-29 18:21 CEST
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 997 closed ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
22/tcp  open  ssh
80/tcp  open  http
631/tcp open  ipp
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 2.6.X
OS details: Linux 2.6.17 - 2.6.25
Network Distance: 0 hops

So I think my port 80 for http requests is open.

I think Apache is up and running fine because it's working on the local network (also from another host)

Code:

user@box:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2                                                                                               apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
 ... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
                                                                                                                        [ OK ]
user@box:~$

I don't know what that is but if apache is not running it doesn't show my website when I type localhost in firefox isn't it?

My best guess is that it's somewhere in the port forwarding, but that's exactly the same configured as my ssh line, I changed the port from 22 to 80.

Just to make sure: It's possible to run SSH and at the same time http, isn't it?

repo · 03-29-2009, 11:36 AM

do you have a router?
is the port forwarded at the router also?
please post the relevant lines of the firewall

you can see if port 80 is open via an online portscanner

bucovaina78 · 03-29-2009, 12:28 PM

the ports are open. I have a router set up for port forwarding (SSH works)

When I try in a terminal

Code:

ssh myself@address.homelinux.org

I can connect from anywhere.

When I try

Code:

http://address.homelinux.org:80

it doesn't work. When I try my own (external internet) IP-address literally It does work???

SSH with DNS = OK
HTTP with DNS = NOT OK

?????

repo · 03-29-2009, 12:33 PM

some routers have problems redirecting http requests from the inside to the outside and back.
Did you test from the outside?

bucovaina78 · 03-29-2009, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

some routers have problems redirecting http requests from the inside to the outside and back.
Did you test from the outside?

aha I didn't try that. I'll try it tomorrow from my job