problem with accessing http server

[alansilicon]

dear everyone, i am really new to fedora. I managed to setup a website but I find that I couldn't access it in local lan. I disabled selinux already. Anything I can do to make it works? Please keep it simple, cos i might not understand. thanks

[kampal]

check accessability of your web server by ping

please show us output:

netstat -lpn | grep :80

and check your iptables -
iptables -L -n

also you can check you logs
tail /var/log/http/error_log
tail /var/log/http/access_log

best regards.

[forethought]

Sounds like the port isn't open. Here's what to do:

1.) Open a Terminal, switch to root
$ su -
Password: [Enter root password]

2.) Check to see if port 80 is open
# iptables -L

You're looking at the first block where it says 'Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)', see if there's a line that looks something like this:

ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:http

3.) If there is no such line, you have to add an entry to the file that is loaded at boot into iptables
# nano /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Look for the following line:

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

Directly under that, let's put a new line that will define the rule to allow traffic to the webserver:

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

If you plan on using https:// on your site, you'll have to add this too (on a new line):

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

Hit Ctrl-X to exit, then 'y' to confirm the changes, then 'Enter' to save under the same filename.

4.) Restart iptables
# service iptables restart

Now if that doesn't solve your problems, please check your log files as suggested earlier.

Hope that helps.

[floppydisk]

yup, most likely a problem with firewalling.......

[kevmif]

if you get a 400 bad request its some stupid paranoid security setting that prevents you from accessing the server via IP!

You gotta change some apache config file.

[LaKing]

On Simple:

Find "Firewall"
port 80 is http/apache ... check the checkbox, so you open the port.
Apply.

In "Services", make sure httpd is up and running.