Access site from network by hostname

**dimaomni** · April 22nd, 2013

Hi

I use Ubuntu 12.10.
I read a lot of information and as result I have become more confused.
I have installed Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin successfully. And I can access my site from local network by 192.168.190.17.
How can I do access via alias as "buro" or smth like it from LAN.

Should I configured bind9 or just correct cinfigure Virtual Hosts?

I tried to edit /etc/hosts, added virtual host
/etc/hostname

Code:

websrv

/etc/hosts           
127.0.0.1       localhost buro
#192.168.190.17  buro
192.168.190.17  websrv
#192.168.180.17 websrv

/etc/nsswitch.conf

Code:

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName buro
        ServerAlias buro

        DocumentRoot /var/www
        ErrorLog /var/www/error.log
        CustomLog /var/www/access.log common

</VirtualHost>

Code:

root@websrv:~# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 192.168.190.17 for ServerName
 ... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name,
using 192.168.190.17 for ServerName
   ...done.     

root@websrv:/etc/apache2/sites-available# sudo a2ensite buro
ERROR: Site buro does not exist!      

root@websrv:/etc/apache2/sites-available# ping buro
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms

From another PC cannot ping by hostname.

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf - This config I left without any change.

**schragge** · April 22nd, 2013

The simplest way is to add buro to /etc/host on the PC you want to access it from

Code:

192.168.190.17  buro

**sanderj** · April 22nd, 2013

Between Ubuntu machines, you can use "<hostname>.local.".

For example:

Code:

sander@hapee:~$ ping flappie.local.
PING flappie.local. (192.168.0.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from flappie.local (192.168.0.101): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=7.59 ms
64 bytes from flappie.local (192.168.0.101): icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=3.15 ms

HTH

**dimaomni** · April 22nd, 2013

as you see in host I have already added. I commended it as it didn't resolve issue

#192.168.190.17 buro

**schragge** · April 22nd, 2013

Sorry, I misunderstood what you did. I thought you added it to /etc/hosts on the machine you want to access to, i.e. on buro itself which is obviously wrong.

**kuifje09** · April 22nd, 2013

Does your firewall allow connections from outside world? I mean, ping is not enough. must have allowed port 80.

**SeijiSensei** · April 22nd, 2013

Entries that begin with a "hash" mark ("#") are comments and thus ignored by nearly all programs in the Linux world. The entry

Code:

#192.168.190.17 buro

is no different from having no entry at all. Remove the hash mark.

Also you might be able to tell your router to advertise buro as a hostname via DNS. Browse around your router settings and see if that's possible. Better yet, give the machine a static IP address so it will always have the same hostname-to-IP mapping.