Re: [users@httpd] Can this be Done?

NetSuporte <netsuporte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 03 May 2005 16:26:15 -0300

dan wrote:

NetSuporte wrote:

First I am new to Apache but not to Linux. I have Apache2 up and 

running fresh from an install and thatś it.

My question(s)  before I start this endevour is the following possible.

1) Create a home webserver.
2) Host my own website on the home webserver.

3) Have access to my website from the internet via an DSL/ISP 

connection.

I want to do this without registering a domain.

I am using a router and the computer I want to setup is configured as 

the DMZ.

My router is the DHCP server ( I have five computers in my home) , 

and my system has an IP address outside the DHCP range so it has a 

static IP address.

 Do I need to setup the webhost server as a secondary DNS server to 

the ISP DNS server?

I have spent the entire day tryng to figure out how to associate the 

server "hostname.xxx.xx" with  the webserver "www.name.domain" and IP 

address and how to point to the actual "index.html" for the webpage 

in /var/www/mywebsite/index.html.

 From what I read all Apache2 configuration takes place in 

"httpd.conf". My configuration does not work properly and I have read 

so some information I am confused on exactly where I went wrong.

 At this point I am getting the following when I try to access 

"http://www.name.domain/index.html";.

  Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /apache2-default/index.html on 

this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to 

use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) PHP/4.3.10-13 Server at localhost 

Port 80

I could use a little basic guidance so far I just get pointed to the 

same documentation I already have been reading but cannot seem to 

extrapolate the correct information. So a cookbook step by step would 

help, but I now it is a pain and will take someones valued time. I 

just seem to have too much information to read through and need to 

sort it out.

thanks for any help.

Philip
netsuporte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Philip -

In all honesty, the best basic help I've ever gotten was from inside 

httpd.conf itself.  You still have to use your brain a bit, but for 

the mostpart it's a step-by-step primer.  Basic rule of thumb is, if 

you don't understand it, leave it alone - but change what you need 

to.  If you still want to understand it, take up the directive that 

you are examining, and reference it to the documentation provided at 

http://httpd.apache.org.

You are correct, and I am trying to use what brain I have left I am 62 

years old and slowing down a bit these days, but I learn something new 

everyday and more often it is from knowledgeable people like yourself.

You could go through all the trouble of setting up a simple DNS 

server, or you could edit the 'hosts' file on each machine and make 

them "aware" of the hostname resolution (www.name.domain points to, 

say, 192.168.0.10).  This would be a much simpler

The objective is to allow access from anywhere on the internet, the 

intention is to have the website passworded for entry.

I guess this is sounding more like VPN server than just a webserver.

solution.

Are you able to hit the server by it's IP, i.e. http://192.168.0.10 or 

what have you?

I am using this system with no problems it functions as a FTP server and 

a Samba server already.

If I try  http://192.168.1.222:80  ( the actual server IP)

I get the above (Forbidden) message.

What I don't get yet is why when I use this input it changes to the 

/apache2-default/ directory.

I have tried to change the path to /var/www/mywebsite  no matter what I 

get the same response.

HTML emails are a bit difficult to read for those who do not have 

HTML-enabled email clients.  Please do not use HTML email when sending 

to this list.  It's better that you hear it now, from me, in a polite 

manner, than really making someone mad later on ;)

OK sorry for the html I do know better no excuse for that.

Thanks
-dant

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