Re: very odd vhost 8085 problem

André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> · Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:19:42 +0200

dave selby wrote:

Hi all,

I have a very strange problem, I have apache2 setup with a vhost ...

Listen 8085
NameVirtualHost *:8085

<VirtualHost *:8085>

    ServerName kmotion
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /home/dave/kmotion2/www/kmotion_www

    <Directory /home/dave/kmotion2/www/kmotion_www>
        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all

	AddHandler mod_python .py
        PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
	# Display python errors to web browser - useful for debug
        PythonDebug On

        # secure login ...
        AuthType Basic

        # ** INFORMATION ** Users digest file enabled ...
        AuthName "kmotion"
        AuthUserFile /home/dave/kmotion2/www/passwords/users_digest

        Require valid-user
    </Directory>

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    LogLevel warn

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error_kmotion.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access_kmotion.log combined

    Alias /images/ /home/dave/kmotion2/www/kmotion_www/images/

</VirtualHost>

So apache2 and the website I am developeing and all are all running on
my laptop. All works as expected except when I try to access my
website localhost:8085 when I am on line (which should be irrelevant)
but when I am off line apache2 appears to not see my requests to
:8085.
There is nothing in the apache logs, its like my vhost just does not get loaded.

Any ideas anyone, puts a kink in my off line development !

There's a whole bunch of things that may be happening or not here, 

depending on the exact circumstances.

But if your vhost is "getting loaded" when you are on-line, there is no 

reason why Apache would not load it when you are off-line.

My bet is that you have a problem with DNS (translation of "kmotion" 

into an IP address), not with your Apache server, but with your browser.

So,
1) What kind of OS is your laptop running ?
2) Does your laptop "know" the IP address of "kmotion" ?

(open a terminal/command window and type "ping kmotion". Does it tell 

you it cannot find "kmotion" ?)

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