Apache Help

[crazycondor]

Hello Everybody.

I'm totally niewbie in linux and i'm trying to setup a real

server for hosting. The server exists under a real domain and a

mapping between its name and its IP address exists.

Assume that the name of the server is "server.domain.com".

After installing Apache and trying http://localhost on the

server, a message "IT WORKS" appears, which means that apache

has been installed successfully.

QUESTION!!!

If i try http://server.domain.com from another PC will i see

the same message and if not why??

As i told you totally niewbie !!!!

Thanx in advance

[jledhead]

QUESTION!!!

If i try http://server.domain.com from another PC will i see

the same message and if not why??

As i told you totally niewbie !!!!

Thanx in advance

if your local DNS points server.domain.com to the machine running apache then it will work.

[crazycondor]

Thanx for the reply jledhead.

My local DNS points server.domain.com to the machine running apache but

it doesn't work.

Do you think that this is apache' configuration problem or has anything to do

with virtual hosts??

[jledhead]

maybe you have a firewall?

If from another machine you can type server.domain.com and either ssh or ping or some other network service, then apache should work using that hostname also, as long as there is no firewall in between.

just getting to the "It Works" page or apache default page, you shouldn't be worrying about virtual hosts yet, just get it working and then do VH stuff.

[likwid]

What is the ServerName directive set to?

[darkrose0510]

Have you tried accessing the server by IP instead of domain, this will check whether it's a server or DNS problem.

[crazycondor]

Thanx for the replies guys.

The problem was the firewall. I turned it off and it worked.

But i don't want the firewall to be off!!

I use only tomcat and i forward requests from port 80 to 8080.

What services must allow in the firewall settings??

[likwid]

Well, look at your chains, is everything set to deny so you have to explicitly declare what you want to allow? You may just need a rule to allow connections to port 80.