Port 80 being denied apache2??

**4mike** · October 1st, 2012

Hello, I am super new to Ubuntu (first time) and I hope that this is simple, and I believe that the issues is in apache. OK, I have setup 12.4 as a web server and can access all of the software correctly from the inside local...But cannot get access to the server from the internet (outside) I have setup a server name from afraid.org and use "gatekeeper.mooo.com" I have port forwarded port 80 on my linksys router to IP 192.168.xxx.xxx....When I look at the incoming log files I can see that there is a request from the internet to my WAN port 80.....
2012-09-30 20:25:14 TCP from <snip> to 192.168.xxx.xxx:80

But I am not getting to my server page
Any help would be great ...Thanks

**SeijiSensei** · October 1st, 2012

What do you see in /var/log/apache2/error.log and access.log?

**4mike** · October 1st, 2012

SeijiSensei, Thank you for replying. If I did this correctly the access files should be attached. part 1 and part 2 due to size

**hasan.akgoz** · October 2nd, 2012

Where is error.log ? Can you see ?

**Doug S** · October 2nd, 2012

I think your apache web server is working fine.
I think either your port forwarding is not working properly or some other firewall rule is preventing proper operation.

**The Cog** · October 2nd, 2012

I think apache listens on the loopback address by default. Use the command

Code:

netstat -lnt

to check. You want it listening on either 0.0.0.0:80 or :::80 (either will do).

P.S. I think the config for this might be the bind address in httpd.conf.

**Doug S** · October 2nd, 2012

As far as I know by default Apache will listen to all interfaces, but yes do check it as The Cog mentions. Also, we can tell from the access.log file that it is listening to the NIC.
The file httpd.conf is now empty, and only there for history reasons, I think. The listening stuff is taken care of in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and /etc/apache2/ports.conf

To observe if the packets are even arriving at the server computer you could run a packet sniffer:

Code:

sudo tcpdump -n -tttt port 80

**4mike** · October 2nd, 2012

OK,
Here is the errorlog..also as was suspect I have been told the cablevision blocks port 80 , I have tried several others with no change in results.

**hasan.akgoz** · October 3rd, 2012

I wrote web browser localhost see you default apache web page ? Can I see virtualhost file define ?

**SeijiSensei** · October 3rd, 2012

Originally Posted by 4mike

OK,
Here is the errorlog..also as was suspect I have been told the cablevision blocks port 80 , I have tried several others with no change in results.

First, if Cablevision is blocking port 80, it probably means the Terms of Service on your account forbid running servers. This is a pretty common feature of the contracts from most residential providers in the US. Technically, the Forum Rules forbid us from helping in this case.

Second, you say you tried other ports. Did you try them on the router? What happens if your forward, say, port 40000 back to the server's port 80?