I am working in a php project using wamp. I have these wamp installed in my public server, so till now when I hit 204.XXX.XX.XX/projectname I could access from any computer inside my university. Now I dont want to display this localhost main screen so I tried virtual host configuration.
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
I added
204.XXX.XX.XX api.local #api
httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName api.local
ServerAlias api.local
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp64/www/api"
<Directory "c:/wamp64/www/api/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I have already enabled the virtual host.
Now from other computer I could not access this api.local project. How can I fix this issue?
THe reason is that the other computer does not know where to find api.local. The browser will look for that domain name in the DNS Server that is registered to be used on the OTHER PC and obviously not find it.
So the other PC needs to know the ip address to go to when you enter api.local. You can do this in a number of ways.
If your Uni techs will allow you to add this domain name to their DNS Server this is the best way.
But if they wont allow this, then you will have to edit the HOSTS file on the OTHER PC like this
204.xxx.xxx.xxx api.local
Now this one PC will know where to find your site. However the HOSTS file is normally well protected and you would need Administrator access to change it, which you admins may not allow.
Another way would be to make the site available on a different port, then you can use the WAMPServer PC ip address and a port number to get to your site like this
Listen 8000
<VirtualHost *:8000>
ServerName api.local
ServerAlias api.local
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp64/www/api"
<Directory "c:/wamp64/www/api/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Now use 204.xxx.xxx.xxx:8000 as the site address and you should get to your site
Related
I have WAMP up and running, and am trying to restrict access to (1) local and (2) one other IP address. I cant get this to work.
I can only get it to work from either (1) only local or (2) all IPs.
My virtual host conf file Im trying to use:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias localhost
DocumentRoot "${INSTALL_DIR}/www"
<Directory "${INSTALL_DIR}/www/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
Require ip m.y.i.p
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
With this, I get a 403 Forbidden page when I try to access from m.y.i.p. I can only access from my localhost.
With the following one Require line, I can access from any IP so I know it is possible:
Require all granted
Is there any way to allow access to localhost and to one or more other IPs? Or do I have something configured wrong?
For posterity, it looks like I found a solution.
Looks like Require Local takes precedence. If I list my local IP range, and my online IP and 127.0.0.1 (three require statements) it works as expected.
Environment
XAMPP 7.2.4 installed on Windows 10
Apache running on ports 80 and 443
Configuration
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts:
127.0.0.1 www.test.local test.local
C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot "D:/htdocs"
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/htdocs
ServerName localhost
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/htdocs
ServerName test.local
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
The problem
When I start Apache and I access to localhost is all right. The problem comes when I try to reach test.local: the browser returns a This site can’t be reached message. It's like XAMPP ignores the custom domain vhosts defined into httpd-vhost.conf file. The same message is displayed with the server off.
This site can’t be reached
The webpage at http://test.local/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID
A few days ago the setup was working and the only changes that I made was the new software installation. I mean, no changes in Apache config files.
If all your stack were working correctly before, don't be like me and don't forget to check if some browser extension is blocking your local traffic, like some extension related with an antivirus system.
In my case it was the Kaspersky Protection extension. When something goes wrong, it shows the following graphic.
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
127.0.0.1 test.local
C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/test"
ServerName test.local
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/hydroboost/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Have you updated your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file with a mapping like this this?
add this line to the end of the hosts file
127.0.0.1 test.local
the localhost domain works without this mapping, because the OS already recognizes "localhost" as a built in alias for the loopback IP address
(this suggestion is assuming that you are running and testing on the same local machine)
Lately I'm not able to create a virtual hosts on my machine except for .localhost which is the only extension works for me now.
I'm using Wampserver which takes care of editing the hosts and httpd.vhosts files
I've tried .local and .test and .app but every time I try to access those domain I get
This site can’t be reached
server DNS address could not be found.
As i said except for .localhost which works fine.
Anyone have any suggestion on how to solve this problem
Thanks in advance.
httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName flashy.app
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/projects/packages/flashy/public"
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/projects/packages/flashy/public/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
hosts
127.0.0.1 flashy.app
::1 flashy.app
Currently using WAMP 3.06 w/ Apache 2.4.23. Navigating to localhost on the server computer works perfectly, but when I try to go to the IP of the server on my network or the domain, I get a Forbidden on / error. My httpd.conf file has:
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
</Directory>
Thanks!
This small section of the httpd.conf file
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
</Directory>
protects the root folder of the drive that Apache is installed on from hacking (should you Apache server get hacked) by denying access to anything on that drive.
This is normal security practice, deny acces to everything, then specifically allow access to only what is needed to be accessible.
By default WAMPServer is configured as a single user, developer tool accessable only from the PC running WAMPServer. This is to protect beginners from any possibility of accidentally being hacked, as NOBODY can gain access to the Apache in WAMPServer from any IP Address other that the one running WAMPServer.
As of WAMPServer 3, we configured WAMPServer to have a Virtual Host defined for localhost. This means that in order to alter the default access to Apache, you have to edit the httpd-vhost.conf file accordingly.
Access to this file is provided from the wampmanager menu system via
(left click) wampmanager -> Apache -> httpd-vhost.conf
Click this and your editor will open this file.
It will look like this by default
#
# Virtual Hosts
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot D:/wamp/www
<Directory "D:/wamp/www/">
Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
In order to open up access to ip addresses on your LAN you can either add specific IP addresses like this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot D:/wamp/www
<Directory "D:/wamp/www/">
Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
# New line
Require ip 192.168.1.111
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Or you can make it available to any ip address on your subnet by using just the first 3 quartiles of the subnet like this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot D:/wamp/www
<Directory "D:/wamp/www/">
Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
# New line
Require ip 192.168.1
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Once this file is change, save it, and then restart Apache, again using the menus
wampmanager -> Apache -> Service Administration -> Restart Service
Then retry accessing apache from another pc on your LAN
The answer given by #RiggsFolly did the trick for me, but just to complement his/her post check your ip because in my case it was 192.168.0.
If you want to check your ip go to the console and type ipconfig for windows or ifconfig for linux/mac
By default, WAMP is set to only allow local access to the web server. "Require all denied" means just that - all requests are denied over the network.
Take a look at the Apache documentation for example configurations: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/access.html
If this server isn't connected to the public internet, you can use "Require all granted" to give access to any client machine.
I am attempting to host a website onto the domain that I purchased from google domains (seanpatnode.com), I have tried several tutorials but I keep getting the same results. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I will give as much information as possible. I am using XAMPP 2.4 as the web server.
Here are relevant lines from my httpd.conf file: (please inform me if I left anything important out.)
ServerRoot "C:/xampp/apache"
Listen 80
ServerName localhost:80
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
</Directory>
# DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
These are the relevant lines from my httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/PhpProject"
ServerName seanpatnode.com
ServerAlias www.seanpatnode.com
<Directory "c:/xampp/htdocs/PhpProject">
AllowOverride All
Require all Granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
These are relevant lines from my hosts file located in: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 www.seanpatnode.com
I can see the webpage when I open www.seanpatnode.com from my own computer.
However when I try to open it from another computer it says:
This webpage is not available
The server at www.seanpatnode.com can't
be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service
that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error
is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a
misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS
server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the
network.
Again, seanpatnode.com is the domain that I purchased from Google Domains. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
It's not enough to purchase the domain name, you must also actually put the correct data into it. Specifically in your case, the domain name www.seanpatnode.com does not spring into being by itself, you have to create it and make it point at the IP address of your web server.