Topic: Getting 404 error for apache `/server-status`

[LearningTechAndDev]

I was told that there's a way to enable a url called `http://<your host>/server-status` and that this page would show you some operational metrics of the apache service. But every time I visit that url, I get 404 page not found. Here's how I set things up:

1. Start a new virtual machine in my office network. The local ip address of this machine is `192.168.0.42`. The machine uses Ubuntu 22.04.
2. I run `apt-get update && apt dist-upgrade -y && apt-get install -y apache2`. This causes Apache 2.4.52 to be installed.
3. The Windows computer I work from has the local ip address of `192.168.0.16`. From this computer, I type `http://192.168.0.42` and I can see the Apache default web page.
4. ON the machine of `192.168.0.42`, I type `a2enmod rewrite && a2enmod status`.
5. I provide the following files

`// /etc/apache2/apache2.conf`
```
DefaultRuntimeDir ${APACHE_RUN_DIR}
PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}
Timeout 300
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 5
User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}
HostnameLookups Off
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
LogLevel warn
IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.load
IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.conf
AccessFileName .htaccess
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
Require all denied
</FilesMatch>


Include ports.conf
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all denied
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share>
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent
IncludeOptional conf-enabled/*.conf
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf

```

`/etc/apache2/mods-available/status.conf && /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/status.conf`

```
<IfModule mod_status.c>
# Allow server status reports generated by mod_status,
# with the URL of http://servername/server-status
# Uncomment and change the "192.0.2.0/24" to allow access from other hosts.

<Location /server-status>
SetHandler server-status
Require local
Require ip 192.168.0.42/24
Require ip 192.168.0.16/24
</Location>

# Keep track of extended status information for each request
ExtendedStatus On

# Determine if mod_status displays the first 63 characters of a request or
# the last 63, assuming the request itself is greater than 63 chars.
# Default: Off
#SeeRequestTail On


<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
# Show Proxy LoadBalancer status in mod_status
ProxyStatus On
</IfModule>


</IfModule>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
```

Then I do a `systemctl restart apache2`.

When my `192.168.0.16` computer loads up `http://192.168.0.42/server-status` via google chrome browser, I get 404.

When I run the command `wget http://192.168.0.42/server-status` from the shell of `192.168.0.42`, I get 404.

When I run the command `wget http://127.0.0.1/server-status` from the shell of `192.168.0.42`, I get 404.

When I run the command `wget http://localhost/server-status` from the shell of `192.168.0.42`, I get 404.

What am I doing wrong?

[tangent]

The fact you're getting a 404 (rather than a 403), suggests your server-status configuration isn't enabled. You've listed your configuration file, but is the mod_status module being loaded? i.e.

[LearningTechAndDev]

Ok, for whatever reason, i can actually see the `http://192.168.0.43/server-status` page now from the localhost and from `192.168.0.16`.

All I did was turn off the machine on Saturday. And today, when I turned it on, things are magically working.

on Saturday, I did do things like `systemctl restart apache2`, reboot the machine, etc... But now, on Monday, it decided to work...