[SOLVED] Weird problem with apache2

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 11:32 AM

I just installed apache2 on my virtual machine with the following specs:

Linux version 4.18.0-16-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-006) (gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)) #17~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 12 13:35:51 UTC 2019

After installing I can type localhost into my firefox browser and get the Apache2 Ubuntu default page indicating I have installed it correctly.

However, when trying to use another url with apache2 (test.dev) I get the following error:

Secure Connection Failed

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Nevertheless, I can ping test.dev and it goes right to my localhost address(127.0.0.1).

Here is the code I have in my /etc/apache2/sites-available/test.dev.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName test.dev
ServerAdmin als20@protonmail.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/test

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

Does anybody recognize anything wrong with this code or could the problem be with the browser or perhaps something else?

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 12:17 PM

I guess I should've done this before posting put I just installed opera and I got a similar error.

dc.901 · 03-22-2019, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Stallard

I just installed apache2 on my virtual machine with the following specs:

Linux version 4.18.0-16-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-006) (gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)) #17~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 12 13:35:51 UTC 2019

After installing I can type localhost into my firefox browser and get the Apache2 Ubuntu default page indicating I have installed it correctly.

However, when trying to use another url with apache2 (test.dev) I get the following error:

Secure Connection Failed

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Nevertheless, I can ping test.dev and it goes right to my localhost address(127.0.0.1).

Here is the code I have in my /etc/apache2/sites-available/test.dev.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName test.dev
ServerAdmin als20@protonmail.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/test

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

Does anybody recognize anything wrong with this code or could the problem be with the browser or perhaps something else?

Have you reviewed the logs?
And, if you use code tags for config that makes it easier to read.

scasey · 03-22-2019, 12:58 PM

Also (using [code] tags) Please post the contents of /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf

ondoho · 03-22-2019, 04:14 PM

is that you real email address? you might want to remove that (and dc.901 also).

dc.901 · 03-22-2019, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

is that you real email address? you might want to remove that (and dc.901 also).

Thanks for checking! "dc.901" is not my email prefix. I am not sure if that is what you are referring to?

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

Also (using [code] tags) Please post the contents of /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf

My /etc/resolv.conf file is:

Code:

 nameserver 127.0.0.53
 18 options edns0

My /etc/hosts file is:

Code:

 127.0.0.1 localhost test.shit
  122.0.0.1   test.shit
  127.0.1.1 andrew-VirtualBox
  
   # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
   ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
   fe00::0 ip6-localnet
   ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
   ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
  ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

I was advised on another forum that Google owned the top-level domain .dev so I would not be able to use that domain without an SSL certificate so I changed my top-level domain to something that nobody could ever want and I still get the same error.

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

is that you real email address? you might want to remove that (and dc.901 also).

It's a throwaway address I use for these purposes.

Thanks anyway

scasey · 03-22-2019, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Stallard

My /etc/resolv.conf file is:

Code:

 nameserver 127.0.0.53
 18 options edns0

My /etc/hosts file is:

Code:

 127.0.0.1 localhost test.shit
  122.0.0.1   test.shit
  127.0.1.1 andrew-VirtualBox
  
   # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
   ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
   fe00::0 ip6-localnet
   ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
   ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
  ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

I was advised on another forum that Google owned the top-level domain .dev so I would not be able to use that domain without an SSL certificate so I changed my top-level domain to something that nobody could ever want and I still get the same error.

Inside your network, and certainly within a single host, you can name your server anything you want, but yes, test.dev is a real domain name apparently owned by google, so if your name server is using the worlds real DNS, you'd be connection to that server.

But you said a ping of test.dev (now test.shit?) resolved to localhost, and it looks like you have your test.shit also pointing to localhost. Not sure why it's also pointing to 122.0.0.1...that's a real IP address owned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand.

I'm also not sure what happens if one points the same name to two different IPs in /etc/hosts. I think the first one "wins", but I just don't know.

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

Inside your network, and certainly within a single host, you can name your server anything you want, but yes, test.dev is a real domain name apparently owned by google, so if your name server is using the worlds real DNS, you'd be connection to that server.

But you said a ping of test.dev (now test.shit?) resolved to localhost, and it looks like you have your test.shit also pointing to localhost. Not sure why it's also pointing to 122.0.0.1...that's a real IP address owned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand.

I'm also not sure what happens if one points the same name to two different IPs in /etc/hosts. I think the first one "wins", but I just don't know.

It gets curiouser and curiouser..

When I change that ip address in my /etc/hosts file to 127.0.0.1 or else comment it out I can't access at all. (It's file not found, not secure connection error.). However, in either case I am still able to ping the address test.shit which returns my localhost ip address 127.0.0.1 without interruption.

I am looking at the error log files to see what I can do with that information.

Thank you for your support.

Andrew Stallard · 03-22-2019, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dc.901

Have you reviewed the logs?
And, if you use code tags for config that makes it easier to read.

In the error.txt file in the apache2 logs, I was getting this message:

Code:

AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
[Thu Mar 21 21:37:46.211276 2019] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 32552:tid 140149875088320] AH00489: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations

Looking around the internet I discovered that a possible solution was to add the line

ServerName localhost

to the apache2.conf file. I did this; the problem persists. However, the error.txt file has slightly different messages, such as:

Code:

[Fri Mar 22 21:43:29.195814 2019] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 11588:tid 139778524482496] AH00489: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Mar 22 21:43:29.196118 2019] [core:notice] [pid 11588:tid 139778524482496] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Fri Mar 22 21:47:42.136468 2019] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 11588:tid 139778524482496] AH00491: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Fri Mar 22 21:47:42.367673 2019] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 11694:tid 140467604179904] AH00489: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Mar 22 21:47:42.368024 2019] [core:notice] [pid 11694:tid 140467604179904] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'

Most of these just involve the stopping and re-starting of the service, I believe. So, I'm still at a loss.

Thank You.

scasey · 03-22-2019, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Stallard

It gets curiouser and curiouser..

When I change that ip address in my /etc/hosts file to 127.0.0.1 or else comment it out I can't access at all. (It's file not found, not secure connection error.). However, in either case I am still able to ping the address test.shit which returns my localhost ip address 127.0.0.1 without interruption.

I am looking at the error log files to see what I can do with that information.

Thank you for your support.

Progress! You’ve connected but the Apache configuration is trying to serve a file that doesn’t exist...

What’s in /var/www/test ?

Andrew Stallard · 03-23-2019, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

Progress! You’ve connected but the Apache configuration is trying to serve a file that doesn’t exist...

What’s in /var/www/test ?

Yes, I got a blank screen when accessing test.shit!

In the file /var/www/test there is a single php file. (I have a new issue with php, it appears.)

I changed it to an html file and was able to get it to work just fine.

scasey · 03-23-2019, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Stallard

Yes, I got a blank screen when accessing test.shit!

In the file /var/www/test there is a single php file. (I have a new issue with php, it appears.)

I changed it to an html file and was able to get it to work just fine.

What is your DirectoryIndex set to? See the documentation.
The server won't server php files natively unless you tell it to.

ondoho · 03-24-2019, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dc.901

Thanks for checking! "dc.901" is not my email prefix. I am not sure if that is what you are referring to?

you quoted op's email address.

but no matter, it seems they don't mind.