apache question

sunlinux · 06-17-2006, 05:05 AM

i m able to access my webpags with http://192.*.*.*/index.html but i could not access them with my server name as http://mylinux.com/index.html why so ?

vls · 06-17-2006, 07:26 AM

You need to put your hostname/ip in /etc/hosts to get a name resolved.

Code:

hostname 192.168.0.1

Or you could set up a DNS server. But that's overkill, IMHO.

sunlinux · 06-19-2006, 01:19 AM

sorry. but ur solution could not solve my problem..!

prozac · 06-19-2006, 01:28 AM

put this line in your own /etc/hosts file
mylinux.com 192.*.*.*

replace 192.*.*.* with your server's ip.

sunlinux · 06-19-2006, 05:29 AM

sorry did'nt work..!

prozac · 06-19-2006, 05:34 AM

what error does your browser shows? and instead of saying sorry didn't work! like a child you can tell us what you tried and how you are doing it. you can post the content of your /etc/hosts file. we even don't know what os you are using. don't waste our time and if you really want to solve your problem you should come openly here. there's no need to hide your ip 'coz its a private ip and not unique to you.

sunlinux · 06-19-2006, 07:11 AM

prozac,
thanx guiding me. below is output of my hosts file. i m using redhat AS 4 server.
browser giving error :- the connection was refused when connection to sdlamonitor.com

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 mon.sdlamonitor.com mon localhost.localdomain localhost
sdlamonitor.com 192.168.123.6

prozac · 06-19-2006, 07:15 AM

ok now we know. just swap the hostname with ip in /etc/hosts and see if that solves your problem.

Quote:

192.168.123.6 sdlamonitor.com

prozac · 06-19-2006, 07:18 AM

and you don't have to type /index.html at the end just typing the host name is enough.

sunlinux · 06-19-2006, 10:58 PM

i setup my host file as u suggested but when i type htpp://sdlamonitor.com in browser it says that www.sdlamonitor.com could not found please check the name n tyr again.

my system full name is:-mon.sdlamonitor.com
apache nameserver:-sdlamonitor.com

what may be the reason..?

prozac · 06-19-2006, 11:31 PM

sdlamonitor.com is your domain name and not hostname. change the server hostname to something like web.sdlamonitor.com in your hosts file.

Code:

192.168.123.6 web.sdlamonitor.com

then point your browser to web.sdlamonitor.com

sunlinux · 06-20-2006, 02:19 AM

Thanx all of u , you solved my problem.

prozac · 06-20-2006, 03:26 AM

glad it worked out for you.

sunlinux · 06-20-2006, 05:25 AM

it worked but it gets removed from hosts file automatically. why so ? i hv to configure it manually again n again.

192.*.*.* web.sdlamonitor.com

prozac · 06-20-2006, 05:39 AM

it shouldn't. IMO the hosts file shouldn't get changed like that. When do you find out its removed?