Unable to access Apache virtual host from local network

username

I have setup a virtual host with Apache2 using the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:8080>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
</VirtualHost>

The website can be accessed from outside.

example.com

However, if I enter example.comfrom another system in my local network , it opens my router configuration page.

I forwarded router port 80 to server port 8080 in the network.

But I also want to access the website from other systems in my local network. is it possible?

Mr. White

Your router may not support "NAT loopback", where you access services on your local network through the router's WAN IP. Most consumer grade routers do not support NAT loopback .

You only have two options:

  1. Change your router to one that doesn't support "NAT loopback".
    E.g. Which NETGEAR routers support NAT loopback

  2. Instead, your service is accessed through an internal IP address. You can override public DNS with a local HOSTS file.

The way I usually "solve" this and make the site accessible to all machines/devices on the LAN is to define a subdomain local ( record A) in the public DNS that points to the local IP address . So when on the LAN, I'll be accessing the site via the subdomain local.example.com.

A related question on Security SE, which details what network traffic actually looks like:

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