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jsmizza



Joined: 08 Jun 2017
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Thu 08 Jun '17 21:10    Post subject: [SOLVED] can't access Apache from WAN? Reply with quote

* first post *

Hi all,

Not sure, but I think I've messed-up either my Apache config or my LAN DNS config.

Problem: cannot access my Wordpress site from WAN. LAN is fine. If I try to access my site from the WAN - timeouts. No response from the server.

Code:
$ apache2 -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   May  9 2017 16:14:10
 
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

The only change I made to Apache before noticing this problem was to edit my .conf to try to limit responses to only those where the website was mentioned. I was attempting to reject all requests where only my Public IP was used.

When I noticed this problem, I thought I had reverted my changes back, but maybe not? Here's the head of my current site config file after reversion:
Code:
$ head /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf | sed 's|blog.*|blog\.com|'
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        ServerName blog.com

        DocumentRoot /var/www
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>


I can see the usual array of hack requests coming in from the WAN being logged in my Apache log file, but any WAN request for my site is NOT logged. <confused>

To test, I created a blank site on another PC in my LAN, modified my router to point to the new PC, and no problem. Works fine. I can access that blank site from the WAN and LAN.

Thank you to anyone who can offer advice here.


Last edited by jsmizza on Wed 13 Sep '17 21:39; edited 1 time in total
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jsmizza



Joined: 08 Jun 2017
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Thu 22 Jun '17 19:05    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

Just a follow up 2 weeks later. No change at this end. Any suggestions?

Thank you.
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 28 Jun '17 16:47    Post subject: Reply with quote

I assume you use portforwarding in your router?
Did you try a different port number? Some ISP block port 80 and some routers will show only their internal page.
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jsmizza



Joined: 08 Jun 2017
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Wed 28 Jun '17 19:25    Post subject: Re: can't access Apache from WAN? Reply with quote

jsmizza wrote:
I can see the usual array of hack requests coming in from the WAN being logged in my Apache log file, but any WAN request for my site is NOT logged. <confused>

To test, I created a blank site on another PC in my LAN, modified my router to point to the new PC, and no problem. Works fine. I can access that blank site from the WAN and LAN.
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Mon 03 Jul '17 13:27    Post subject: Reply with quote

How did you configure your LAN DNS than?
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jsmizza



Joined: 08 Jun 2017
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Mon 03 Jul '17 19:38    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm using DNSMasq in DD-WRT.

All LAN client DNS point to router.

Router DNS points to 8.8.8.8

This is something that has been working for years, and the only change I made was on the server. All devices on my LAN are resolving DNS correctly.

I guess I was hoping that by posting my apache site config file, someone familiar with the structure could check it and tell me if it is correct.
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jsmizza



Joined: 08 Jun 2017
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Wed 13 Sep '17 21:43    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just a quick follow-up on this.

This problem was caused by my overly-cautious IDS/IPS blocking the external IP addresses I was testing my site from and also blocking the various online site-checkers too. (sigh)

Reconfigured my IDS/IPS and now it all works again.

Thanks everyone for your assistance.
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Tue 31 Oct '17 17:21    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for reporting back
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