Unable to access apache2 virtual host from another computer
Kaikoura
I'm running an apache2 webserver from my computer and when I access the site from my computer it works fine, but when I try to access it from another machine (running windows) the browser outputs, The site cannot be reached. Here is my site configuration file:
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.96>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
#ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/example
ServerName www.example.com
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>
Here is my /etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 puter
127.0.1.1 noreply.com
192.168.1.96 www.vk1.com
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
I have tried restarting apache and disabling and enabling the site, but it didn't work. Has anyone encountered such a problem?
Quentin
This /etc/hosts
file provides a host-to-IP address mapping for the computer on which it resides.
Your Windows computer does not read data from your Linux computer's /etc/hosts
files so that 192.168.1.96
when asked to www.vk1.com
.
do you need:
- Configure this mapping for your LAN in the DNS server
- Put this information in the hosts file on the Windows computer