apache and httpd running but I can't see my website [closed]

Question

I have installed apache on my server however I can not browse my website through my server's IP. the setup of the apache is a single account server under /var/www/htdocs/.

Is there anything else I need to do to be able to see the account via my server's IP?

Answer 1

There are several possibilities.

• firewall, iptables configuration
• apache listen address / port

More information is needed about your configuration. What distro are you using? Can you connect via 127.0.0.1?

If the issue is with the firewall/iptables, you can add the following lines to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:

-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT 

(Second line is only needed for https)

Make sure this is above any lines that would globally restrict access, like the following:

-A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited 

Tested on CentOS 6.3

And finally

service iptables restart 

Answer 2

Did you restart the server after you changed the config file?

Can you telnet to the server from a different machine?

Can you telnet to the server from the server itself?

telnet <ip address> 80

telnet localhost 80