Apache Troubleshooting

[RexRocket]

How to I troubleshoot my apache setup?

I started httpd from my linux box and tried to access it from my windows box via http://192.168.1.101 and I don't get anything. It just times out. My windows can ping the linux box.

I don't have a working mouse port on my linux box so I can't use any gui tool. All configuration must be done at the prompt.

Thanks,

-Rex

[phil_r]

Ok, just a few questions to be going on with...

Is there a firewall on the Linux box?
If you do ps aux | grep httpd is the task listed?
Are you starting Apache with httpd -k start? Do you get any error messages?
Does the error_log show any details?
Which version of httpd are you using? (httpd -v will tell you)
Just for the hell of it, which distro / kernel is it?

Answer as many of these as possible and it will help us to help you.

Phil.

[RexRocket]

Is there a firewall on the Linux box?

There is no firewall on the linux box but I'm using a dsl router a a hub (is this ok??). I've used this router before to connect 2 computers with no problem. I'm still waiting for my DSL setup in a few weeks.

If you do ps aux | grep httpd is the task listed?

yes the task is listed. There are about 8 task for httpd

Are you starting Apache with httpd -k start? Do you get any error messages?

Yes i start apache using httpd -k start and no error messages.

Which version of httpd are you using?

Version :Apache 2.0.40

How would I know what distro or kernel I'm using?

Thanks for the reply,

-Rex

[phil_r]

You should know your distro - Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake etc?
You can find the kernel by typing uname -a at a prompt.

If you've got multiple httpd tasks listed then it's running. If you're in Windows, in IE you should be able to type http://<linux ip address> and see a web page... you say you can ping it so it doesn't sound like a routing issue... the only thing I can think of right now is that Apache isn't set to point to any default page.

I would suggest tracking down httpd.conf - sometimes in /var/www/conf or /etc/http.d - location varies, do a "find / -name httpd.conf" if you don't know where it is... open that up and in there (somwhere!) will be a DocumentRoot parameter, which should be pointing to a directory. Check that directory exists and there's an index.html of some description in there.

Anyone else any other ideas?

Phil.

[RexRocket]

My distribution is RedHat 9 and the kernel is 2.4.20-8.

I checked the directory where DocumentRoot points to in httpd.conf file and it does exist. I created an index.html file there but still no luck.

How else can I troubleshoot my Apache setup?

Thanks for the reply.

-Rex

[theN]

Hi

ping 192.168.1.101:80. Whats the response to that?

Apache by default listens to port 80. You could also check Listen directive in httpd.conf.

regards
theN

[RexRocket]

Hi,

I pinged http://192.168.1.101:80 and I get a timeout. I tried it on a website that I can ping successfully and I also get a timeout when I include port 80.

I'm using DHCP on my router and when I view the DHCP IP Table my linux box IP address shows up but with a blank Hostname. Could that be related to my Apache woes? Where do I set the hostname in linux?

I will open a new thread regarding that.

Thanks for the reply.

-Rex

[phil_r]

Fixing the hostname shouldn't affect whether or not http://<ip address> works.

However, put the name in /etc/hosts :-

a.b.c.d myaddress.mydomain.com myaddress



That should fix that problem.

[RexRocket]

Hi,

I ran 'service iptables stop' and it worked. I got the idea from a post by cowanrl on another thread.

Thanks for all the replies,

-Rex