[Server-devel] trouble accessing HTTP server when using manual network configuration

[Jerry Vonau]

On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 21:41 -0500, Yannick Warnier wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> For once, I think I can help on this list :-)
> 
> I didn't have time to finish it, but I was actually writing a
> documentation explaining the whole stuff and how to "unlock" your web
> server.
> 
> For some reason (not explained by the author, neither that I understand
> as of yet), the configuration of the web server (which you should be
> able to find in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-xs.conf) restricts the "Listen"
> address to:
> Listen 172.18.0.1:80
> and/or
> Listen 127.0.0.1:80
> 
> Just comment those lines (with a # prefix) and add
> Listen 80
> 
> Then reload httpd
> /etc/init.d/httpd restart
> 
> and your webserver should start responding from other machines.
> 
> Now, this might not be the case for you (I'm using the home-modified
> Peruvian version) but it might also be the case that your virtual hosts
> are configured somehow, somewhere (in the applications installed), to
> only respond correctly when called as "http://schoolserver/". If this is
> the case, then you would have to add the IP address and that name in
> the /etc/hosts file of the clients. Something like
> 
> 187.12.15.183 schoolserver
> 

So you want to hand edit a whole pile of machines? Try that with 20+ XOs
and you'll get bored fast. There is a better way in nss-mdns and avahi.

Jerry
 

> I think that would do it. Please let me know if it worked, because as I
> was going mad about this, I started modifying files without taking
> backups and now I'm not sure which was the initial state (and didn't
> have time yet to reinstall from scratch).
> 
> Just as additional information: although there might be a Squid
> configuration there, it doesn't seem to be blocking anything *entering*
> the server, so the unavailability of the web server doesn't come from
> there (this will save you a few gray hairs).
> 
> And while I'm at it, servers like that, distributed into the wild,
> should really use a more orderly distribution than Fedora. The way this
> server has been configured transpires a bit of lack of love. I'm not
> offering myself to do it, but I wanted to leave my opinion here (just in
> case many would agree).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Yannick Warnier
> 
> 
> Le lundi 15 octobre 2012 à 20:37 -0500, David Kanenwisher a écrit :
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm trying to get the 0.7 of the school server to work on a laptop
> > that needs to be taken to different schools which already have an
> > existing network. I don't want to run the network setup tool since I'm
> > concerned enabling DHCP and DNS will cause trouble on the school's
> > network. Sadly, though not running the setup seems to have made the
> > HTTP server unreachable and I'm stumped as to why.
> > 
> > I set the hostname of the server to the IP address assigned to the
> > server by the router via DHCP and configured Apache to listen on all
> > interfaces. When I run netstat I can see Apache is listening on all
> > interfaces on port 80, as configured. I can use wget on the server to
> > retrieve the webpage at localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the IP address given
> > by DHCP. When I try to wget or telnet to the server from another PC I
> > get a message that the host is unreachable even though, using tcpdump,
> > I can see packets arriving on the server. Also, I can ssh to the
> > server from another PC.
> > 
> > I feel like I'm missing something obvious and was reluctant for quite
> > a while to message the list. I figured I must be close! The solution
> > just around the corner, but I realize now that I'm stumped.
> > 
> > Any help would be much appreciated or if you need anymore info I'd be
> > glad to get it.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > David Kanenwisher
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