CentOS 6.0 and Apache Web Server

[mvelez83]

Hello

I am trying to run apache on CentOS 6.0 but something seems to be wrong and I never had anything like this happened so I am totally stuck. Everything starts up BUT I can not access the page that you see when you have installed Apache with no issues.

Everything is internal and is going to be set up for testing stuff out only. The IP for the server is (Sorry won't let me post an address until after 15 post) and the name address for the server is (Sorry won't let me post an address until after 15 post)

I can ssh with the IP but not the name os I am sure that is an issue right there. Someone told me to use the following command to see if I got any errors but I didn't:


[root etc]# httpd -t
Syntax OK

I also tried the following to see what ports was listening to what but it seems to me to be fine:

[root etc]# netstat -tap
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 *:48167 *:* LISTEN 1182/rpc.statd
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN 1164/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 1368/sshd
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTEN 1444/master
tcp 0 48 localhost:ssh 192.168.60.7:53728 ESTABLISHED 1522/0
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN 1164/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 *:34484 *:* LISTEN 1182/rpc.statd
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 1368/sshd
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTEN 1444/master

Besides this, I have no idea what to do. We only need it to work locally but its not doing that. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank You!

[atreyu]

I don't see apache (port 80, by default) listed in the output of your netstat command. make sure it is started:

service httpd start

Then do the netstat command again and if good, see if you can connect.

Not being able to ssh to the server name just means that resolving isn't working right, but don't worry about that yet. When testing the apache server locally just use the ip address first.

[kdg1955]

it seems that the httpd server isn't started.
How do you installed the Apache webserver?

1. With yum or a rpm package?
   Then check if the webserver is running:

   $> service httpd status
   httpd.service - LSB: start and stop Apache HTTP Server
             Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd)
             Active: inactive (dead) since Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:51:54 +0200; 59s ago
            Process: 28273 ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
           Main PID: 1604 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
             CGroup: name=systemd:/system/httpd.service

   when it is inactive, you can start it with

   $> service httpd start
   Starting httpd (via systemctl):                            [  OK  ]

2. From a downloaded binary?
   start httpd with '$> httpd -k start' or see documentation

To check that the webserver is running:

$> netstat -tap | grep httpd
tcp        0      0 *:http     *:*    LISTEN   28453/httpd         
tcp        0      0 *:https    *:*    LISTEN   28453/httpd

[mvelez83]

I may have started it wrong. I thought you started it like this:

/etc/init.d/httpd start

When I did the service command I got the following:


[root@nyclibr ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]

Then I did the netstat and got this:

[root@nyclibr ~]# netstat -tap | grep httpd
tcp 0 0 localhost:http *:* LISTEN 1958/httpd
tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN 1958/httpd

I went to IP address and got the following in the web browser:

"Unable to connect" error in firefox.

I even checked to see if it was running and I got the following:

[root@nyclibr ~]# service httpd status
httpd (pid 195 is running...


Not sure what else to check but I feel like something is maybe being blocked? Is there a way I can try it on another port by changing it in the httpd.conf file?

[kdg1955]

Have you tried with 'http://localhost/' or 'http://localhost:80' ?
If this work, you have to configure the IP address of your machine (/etc/hosts).

Logs of the webserver are in '/var/log/http/'.

[atreyu]

Also, you can temporarily disable the firewall, to make sure that is not your prob:

service iptables stop