Apache :: Can't access server from outside my network using port 80.

Ariano · Joined: 08 Jul 2016 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, Vancouver

Huge noob here. I've been trying to set up a Web server for fun and to maybe learn something but am running into issues. I am able to access it through localhost but not through my public ip/domain name when using my cellular data. I've port forwarded port 80 and allowed it through my firewall. I've also called my ISP (Telus) and they say they do not block any ports on their end.

I ran:

glsmith

Not directly no because some server has to be listening on port 80 to answer http://www.yourdomain.com

Bear in mind this is very old and uses ZoneEdit for DNS but it gives you the concept and I'm sure even after 11 years it can still be done there. Depending on whom handles your DNS you may or may not be able to do similar. It's not exactly what you want but it does work and I think this is still the best option. It certainly gets you to the goal.

Oh and don't make the forward stealth if you're given the option. You'll understand after you read this.

http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/sbs-webserver-on-a-different-port-number.html

Ariano · Joined: 08 Jul 2016 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, Vancouver

I see.

I find the link to dslwebserver.com very confusing.

glsmith

Well, you used the words "my domain" so I assumed you have a .com/net/etc domain name.

You actually have a few IP addresses but the one we are concerned about here is the one assigned to you by Telus.

Short a quick, domain names humans use, IPs computers use. DNS invisibly translates domain.name -> IP address. DNS uses records to tell what IP address corresponds to which IP Address with A & AAAA records (the later being for IPv6 addresses.

What it's telling you is to remove the www.domain.com A record and set up a A record for ww2.domain.com,you can use anything, doesn't have to be ww2.

You set up a URL forward that uses http://www.domain.com which redirects the browser to http://ww2.domain.com:port. Port in your case is 33301. There for for the A record www. points to a different server than yours (in that example it's ZoneEdit's) and that server is configured to to rewrite the URL to ww2 telling the browser that is where it really needs to go.

URL forwards are used to redirect one URL to another. They usually have an option to be stealth (so the browser never shows the final URL to the user. This however is done using Frames (yes the ones in html) having a hidden frame go the a blank page and the main frame pointing to the destination URL. The problem here is anytime someone reloads a page, it puts them back to the index.html/php/etc page.

But, if whomever handles your DNS (often the place you got your domain) doesn't have the URL forwarding ability, the you're out of luck and have to add the :33301

Ariano · Joined: 08 Jul 2016 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, Vancouver

I can't thank you enough. I decided to spend a lot of time trying to understand what was going on and ended up figuring out how to stealth forward in ZoneEdit.

I used their DNS name servers and put them into my domain provider settings.

Like the guide said, I would have to use www. before it to work but I'd say it beats placing :33301 after my website every time.

Thank you for your insight and time.