Hi, i've read through this

http://www.virtualmin.com/forums/message-view?message%5fid=124923

("I can not connect from the outside world, either on my network (pointing to the machine using the base IP address or using it as a DNS server) or from the internet. I always get the same thing .. The Apache Message - Alive and Well - No web site yet.")

And am having the same problem but really don't understand how to fix it.

I've set up port forwarding on the router for a DNS Sevrer, Web Server and FTP server all pointing to my server at 10.1.1.3

I have two Virtual Hosts setup, www.jrdezine.com and www.adelfieds.com both appear to be working fine when i view them from the server however, i fi try and view them from any other pc on the network, or from a home pc - i get 404'd.

Both domain names have had their dns server settings pointing to my IP address which is 150.101.247.226

Any help greatly appreciated.

regards,

Justin

I'll add all my issues here as i come across them today, save putting in a hundred posts.

phpmyadmin? how do i access that as a client? (ex cpanel user heheh) Cant seem to find it when logged in as jrdezine.com:10000

Also, as of last night i have a fresh install of Ubuntu 6.06.1 on my system, It now has 125 updates waiting to be performed. I'm assuming it's safe to go ahead and let it perform these updates? Don't want to wreck Joe's good work :o)

phpmyadmin... you have to install it using Virtualmin Pro's Script Installer or manually install it.

I manually installed mine. Unfortunately, PHP is currently not compiled with mcrypt. This slows down mysql operations quite significantly. The issue has been reported to Joe and Jamie. They say they will compile PHP with mcrypt in the next major release... when is that is anybody's guess.

When I look at your IP address, I get:

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
If you can see this, it means that the installation of the Apache web server software on this system was successful. You may now add content to this directory and replace this page.
Seeing this instead of the website you expected?

This page is here because the site administrator has changed the configuration of this web server. Please contact the person responsible for maintaining this server with questions. The Apache Software Foundation, which wrote the web server software this site administrator is using, has nothing to do with maintaining this site and cannot help resolve configuration issues.

The Apache documentation has been included with this distribution.

You are free to use the image below on an Apache-powered web server. Thanks for using Apache!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


It seems that Apache is working OK on your server.

Put some contents (e.g. index.htm) into your virtual server's home directory... at /home/jrdezine.com/public_html/

> I'm assuming it's safe to go ahead and let it perform these updates?


I guess you don't try you won't know. Since you have just got the server up and running, it's the best time to try updating... without suffering drastic consequences if something goes wrong.

cant find the simple Machines scriptinstaller from the client side (or anywhere in the virtualmin side) is there somewhere im supposed to download installation scripts from and install them first?

thanks!

Justin

Thanks very much for your help AH, i shouldvve mentioned that pointing to the ip comes up fine but using the domain names doens't give me anything. Im assuming it should.

I found the scipts areea in virtualmin but cant find them from the user side of things ie jrdezine.com:10000

If I go to http://www.jrdezine.com/ , I get:

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While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.jrdezine.com/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.jrdezine.com

The dnsserver returned:

Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query.
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and if I whois your domain name, jrdezine.com, I get:

Name Server 1: ns9.jrdezine.com
Name Server 2: ns10.jrdezine.com



You need to create New Virtual Server for ns9.jrdezine.com and ns10.jrdezine.com using Virtualmin Pro.

Anyway, the first thing you should do is access Virtualmin via http://10.1.1.3:10000 or http://150.101.247.226:10000

Log in as root.

Create New Virtual Server jrdezine.com first, then ns9.jrdezine.com, ns10.jrdezine.com and adelfieds.com, in that sequence.

The IP address you should use when creating the websites is 10.1.1.3

After creating the website with Virtualmin Pro, your website home directories will be created here:

/home/jrdezine.com/public_html/
/home/ns9.jrdezine.com/public_html/
/home/ns10.jrdezine.com/public_html/
/home/adelfieds.com/public_html/

Put a index.html file in each of the public_html directories.

See if you can access jrdezine.com and the other 3 websites now.

You won't be able to "see" your websites if you have not configured your DNS correctly on your server. Check the Administrator's Guide via] Support] Documentation link on this website for instructions on DNS.

Good luck.

Oh yes, *allow* ALL PORTS to 10.1.1.3 via your router admin interface for convenience. Or just set 10.1.1.3 as a DMZ, so that you can access jrdezine.com:10000