Re: Iptables problem with allowing http

Mark Weaver wrote:

Claude Jones wrote:

If I put http://localhost in my browser, my lone webpage pops up. It wouldn't do this if httpd weren't running, no?

that is correct. check in your httpd.conf file to see what IP address Apache is listening on.

on my web server this part of my config appears thusly (line 132-133):

    #Listen 12.34.56.78:80
        Listen 80

I've got a static external IP address and the web server sits behind a firewall/gateway machine so all my virtualhost containers appear like this:

    <VirtualHost 192.168.0.4:80>
    ...
    </VirtualHost>

If you're not using VirtualHost containers then your Directory containers would appear something like this:

    <Directory "/var/www/html/some_directory_name">
       AllowOverride All
       Options ExecCGI # if you intend to use PERL scripts
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
    </Directory>

Still not able to get to your web host using the IP address? The next place I'd look is your host file: /etc/hosts

You've probably already, or should have, this entry in there:

# standard localhost entry
127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain    localhost.localdomain
# try placing this entry in the hosts file as well
# the entry should be your external IP address or the IP address
# you've assigned to your machine with the web service running on it
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    hostname    hostname_alias
# EXAMPLE:
# 192.168.0.10    myhostname    myhost
# OR
# 56.236.211.100    claudehome.net    claudehome.net

Thanks, Mark, and thanks to Yang for his previous suggestion. I am at work, now, so I'll have to try these suggestions when I get home tonight.
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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA