multiple interfaces with apache?

cerberusofhnsg · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2003

I'm having some problems here, and was wondering whether it was an Apache problem. We have two firewalls where I'm at, Apache is installed on the second one. The first firewall is setup to forward all outside requests to port 80 on the second firewall. Apache is only working on the lan, not the internet. What I was wondering is whether Apache binds to the first network card by default, and if so, how to enable Apache to bind to the second interface as well. I've tried Virtual Hosts, to no avail. Apache 1.3.28 if that helps.

RTM · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2003

According to the FAQ, Apache listens to all interfaces by default (which, of course, doesn't make sense of why they then put in a Listen directive! - I kept reading - it's more for adding other ports than interfaces/IPs)

Quote:

Reduce the number of Listen directives. If there are no other servers running on the machine on the same port then you normally don't need any Listen directives at all. By default Apache listens to all addresses on port 80.

Listen directive may work - I have no way of testing.

Note what FAQ question 18 states -

Quote:

Why can I access my website from the server or from my local network, but I can't access it from elsewhere on the Internet?
There are many possible reasons for this, and almost all of them are related to the configuration of your network, not the configuration of the Apache HTTP Server. One of the most common problems is that a firewall blocks access to the default HTTP port 80. In particular, many consumer ISPs block access to this port. You can see if this is the case by changing any Port and Listen directives in httpd.conf to use port 8000 and then request your site using http://yourhost.example.com:8000/. (Of course, a very restrictive firewall may block this port as well.)

cerberusofhnsg · #3 (**permalink**) 08-09-2003

already gave it a shot by changing the port value- however I called our company's ISP (who owns the outside router, no one but them are allowed to touch it), and repeatedly requested for them to reboot the damn thing, and they finally did. suffice to say, that solved the problem. I thought perhaps it was an Apache issue, as ive never ran Apache on a system with multiple interfaces. Thanks for the reply though, and yes, i saw the Apache FAQ as well, thats what confused me as why it wasnt working.

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