Problems with accessing Apache 2.2 server from outside the firewall

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I've done everything this tutorial told me to set up an Apache 2.2 HTTP server, and then forwarded port 80 to the machine the server is on.

However I'm not getting a response back when I try to connect to the server through my fully updated Netgear router. Everything works when I just type in the local IP address of the server machine, and yet I don't get a response when I try to connect to the external IP address (which should redirect to the working local IP address).

I'm not sure if this is a problem with my ISP, Apache Server settings, or Firewall.

How do I find and fix this problem?

LOGS:

After successfully connecting from inside the firewall I get this log in the "error.txt" file:

[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] client denied by server configuration: C:/Users/Griffin/.htaccess
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (OS 5)Access is denied.  : Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file
[Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2012] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] File does not exist: C:/Users/Griffin/favicon.ico

And this in the "access.txt" file:

192.168.1.7 - Griffin [25/Feb/2012:03:09:23 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1707
192.168.1.7 - Griffin [25/Feb/2012:03:09:23 -0800] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 209

No new logs show up after attempting to connect to the server from a VPN

Griffin

Posted 2012-02-25T09:00:12.687

Reputation: 326

Answers

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First, make sure you are testing your web server from outside your home network (you cannot go in the front of a firewall from behind it).

Also, try disabling any local firewalls on your web-server and test again.

InChargeOfIT

Posted 2012-02-25T09:00:12.687

Reputation: 570

I connected to a VPN (HotSpotShield) to get outside the Firewall, and then tried again. Still same result -_-. There's no local firewalls running either. – Griffin – 2012-02-25T09:32:43.520

Can you review your web servers log files? I am not familiar with Apache on Windows, but in *nix land they are located in /var/log/apache2/ – InChargeOfIT – 2012-02-25T09:37:35.227

Also, if your web server is hosting more than one site (virtual hosts), you will need to add your ip address to the vhost you are using if you are not using a domain name. Example: ServerAlias mysite.com www.mysite.com localhost 109.234.234.12 – InChargeOfIT – 2012-02-25T09:46:01.987

I added the logs above, none show up when I try to connect through a VPN. Also, I'm using Windows and don't know what a virtual host is or why I would need it. – Griffin – 2012-02-25T11:21:25.427

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