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jsmizza
Joined: 08 Jun 2017
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 Posted: Thu 08 Jun '17 21:10 Post subject: [SOLVED] can't access Apache from WAN? |
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Hi all,
Not sure, but I think I've messed-up either my Apache config or my LAN DNS config.
Problem: cannot access my Wordpress site from WAN. LAN is fine. If I try to access my site from the WAN - timeouts. No response from the server.
| Code: | $ apache2 -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Server built: May 9 2017 16:14:10
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
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The only change I made to Apache before noticing this problem was to edit my .conf to try to limit responses to only those where the website was mentioned. I was attempting to reject all requests where only my Public IP was used.
When I noticed this problem, I thought I had reverted my changes back, but maybe not? Here's the head of my current site config file after reversion:
| Code: | $ head /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf | sed 's|blog.*|blog\.com|'
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName blog.com
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
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I can see the usual array of hack requests coming in from the WAN being logged in my Apache log file, but any WAN request for my site is NOT logged. <confused>
To test, I created a blank site on another PC in my LAN, modified my router to point to the new PC, and no problem. Works fine. I can access that blank site from the WAN and LAN.
Thank you to anyone who can offer advice here.
Last edited by jsmizza on Wed 13 Sep '17 21:39; edited 1 time in total |
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jsmizza
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| Posted: Thu 22 Jun '17 19:05 Post subject: |
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Hello,
Just a follow up 2 weeks later. No change at this end. Any suggestions?
Thank you. |
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James Blond
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Wed 28 Jun '17 16:47 Post subject: |
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I assume you use portforwarding in your router?
Did you try a different port number? Some ISP block port 80 and some routers will show only their internal page. |
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jsmizza
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| Posted: Wed 28 Jun '17 19:25 Post subject: Re: can't access Apache from WAN? |
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| jsmizza wrote: | I can see the usual array of hack requests coming in from the WAN being logged in my Apache log file, but any WAN request for my site is NOT logged. <confused>
To test, I created a blank site on another PC in my LAN, modified my router to point to the new PC, and no problem. Works fine. I can access that blank site from the WAN and LAN. |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Mon 03 Jul '17 13:27 Post subject: |
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| How did you configure your LAN DNS than? |
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jsmizza
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| Posted: Mon 03 Jul '17 19:38 Post subject: |
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I'm using DNSMasq in DD-WRT.
All LAN client DNS point to router.
Router DNS points to 8.8.8.8
This is something that has been working for years, and the only change I made was on the server. All devices on my LAN are resolving DNS correctly.
I guess I was hoping that by posting my apache site config file, someone familiar with the structure could check it and tell me if it is correct. |
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jsmizza
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| Posted: Wed 13 Sep '17 21:43 Post subject: |
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Just a quick follow-up on this.
This problem was caused by my overly-cautious IDS/IPS blocking the external IP addresses I was testing my site from and also blocking the various online site-checkers too. (sigh)
Reconfigured my IDS/IPS and now it all works again.
Thanks everyone for your assistance. |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Tue 31 Oct '17 17:21 Post subject: |
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| Thanks for reporting back |
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