Web-server – Apache not accessable via network

apache-2.2centos6web-server

I've set up CentOS 6.x on an old fujitsu server and want to use it as webserver. I can access apache via localhost and 127.0.0.1 and I can already access webmin via port localhost:10000 (whatever that's for ^^) BUT I can't access it via the server's ip adress and my laptop(via LAN over a router). What am I doing wrong? Is that a firewall problem or something?

CentOS is installed on ESXi virtualisation software but I think that shouldn't make any difference…

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In centos 6.x iptables (a firewall) is enabled for default.

"service iptables stop" to stop iptables

If you want open some port on the firewall follow this guide http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-rhel-linux-open-port-using-iptables/

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Finding out what user Apache is running as

ps aux | egrep '(apache|httpd)' typically will show what apache is running as.

Usually you do not need to change the default user, "nobody" or "apache" are typically fine users. As long as its not "root" ;)

edit: more accurate command for catching apache binaries too

Make apache only accessible via 127.0.0.1, is this possible

The easiest way to do this is through the Listen directive. By defaults, there's a line in our httpd.conf that reads:

Listen *:80

Meaning it will respond ro requests on port 80 on all of your computer's network addresses. Changing it to:

Listen 127.0.0.1:80

Will tell apache only to only respond to requests on the local adaptor, thus ignoring anything else.

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