Can't connect to Apache Server Remotely

Question

I have set up Apache on Port 81 and I have set up port forwarding for 81 and 433 on my router but I can't seem to connect to Apache from another computer. My username is in http group.
The only way I can connect is by localhost:81
If I try ipaddress:81 I get can't establish a connection to the server.
Anyone have any ideas.
Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

pluckypigeon wrote:
Sorry for all the confusion.
I just want to view Apache through a Web Browser from another machine.
I have set the port to 81 because 80 is taken by my router configuration.
If I type localhost:81 in the URL bar I can view my web server but if I type my ip address:81 it doesn't work.
No worries, this is just what I wanted. Try editing and adding to the bottom of the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Listen YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:81
<VirtualHost IP_ADDRESS_HERE:81>
ServerName YOUR_SERVER_NAME
ServerAdmin YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS
DocumentRoot PATH TO YOUR HTML FILES
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /(.*) https://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:433/$1
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost IP_ADDRESS_HERE:433>
ServerName YOUR_SERVER_NAME
ServerAdmin YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS
DocumentRoot PATH TO YOUR HTML FILES
TransferLog /var/log/httpd/local.access.log
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/local.error.log
</VirtualHost>
I don't know if the 433 will be the secure part of your page but to have a cert attached to that, you will have to add a bit more to the VirtualHost related to 433 (you can read more about it at this link: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_faq.html). All the parts with CAPITAL LETTERS are parts where you will probably want to add in whatever relates to your set up.
I noticed that by default, apache hosts all of their files in /srv/http so you can place all your files in there or another location (its really up to you).
After any change to the httpd.conf file, you must restart or reload the httpd service located in /etc/rc.d/httpd
Hope this helps.
::EDIT:: What 'JuseBox' is probably a great place to check as well. If your /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny is in play, you want to make sure you aren't denying everything or only allowing specific things into your apache server. Good call JuseBox!
Last edited by ruffedgz (2010-01-15 19:11:39)