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Having learned a lesson, I am asking here first "Apache"

I have Apache running on a Solaris Box, Linux Box and a Windows 2000 box.

(Although I didn't personally do the install on the 2000 box).


What is your problem?

 
Took me forever to learn. I still am not 100% sure what I am doing. I would actually pick up a book from the library for this one.

Good luck bleep.
 
What do you want to do? Windows or Linux?

I've setup my Win XP box with Apache pretty well. My site run's off of it.
 
I am running it on win 98se
I dont know how the mods will feel about this being off topic and all but here goes.

I got the server up and running and it works fine except I cannot call up my page just using IP, because I have a dynamic IP I am trying to use a dns redirect and the IP update will not work because it calls up my WAN IP, when it does this it acesses the default index file for the server.

I think that I can change this by editing the hppd file in section 2-- Main server config file which says "you will have to acess it by its address "IP Numbers"

edit-- document root and just add on to the end of /htdocs---not sure what

edit -Directory to match the above. This will give me a good start if I am right in my thinking. If so I will have 2 more questions as to what to put in the files.

Bleep
 
First off, HTTP Server on Dynamic IP is not really a good idea....

Next in the Apache config files you have to tell it who is it which is usually the host name or the IP number of the machine.

Since this is changing... You may have problems.

It uses the hostname of the machine to figure out where to start your top level files.

Apache allows you to pretend to be several different webservers all with different start points just by getting
to the machine under different names.

So is there a way to know your hostname ahead of time?

(It is almost 5am and I need to get some sleep).

 
Lanman:
I do not have PHP installed so I am not sure that the security relating to this affects my server
.
I have had the site up for about a week and the server works great and was really easy to get going, it is just the way that I did it was was just something that works and not documented anywhere.

aiex: Well as far as I know Apache for windows has been out for quite a while now and does not have the security lapses that the windows server has.

Eponymous
No disrepect here but the answer that you posted answers none of my questions, I know it is being done all over the place it is just a puzzle to me on how to do it. The machine that the server is on is on a internal LAN with three other machines, the other machines in the LAN have dynamic IP's all above 100 the server machine is on a static internal IP so the server has no problems figureing out who it is. Only the WAN address is dynamic.

How I got it to work without any configuration was I just created a folder called site in htdocs and dumped all the stuff for my page into this folder. I just call the folder from the outside by typing in the address bar http://(my ip number)/site/.index.html. the redirect I have dynu.com is set to call my page by putting in prsc.dynu.com and it works very good. But I know this is not the right way to do it. It severly limits what I can do with my page. Internal links and things like that.
Please someone give me a little help here.
Bleep

 
Ok I'm really confused.

If the name of your machine is always: prsc.dynu.com

It is WORKing for this name. What is the problem? I believe that is exactly what you are supposed to do.

What is it that ISN'T working?

You do realize that you do not need to use any IP numbers when setting up the Apache config files.
You CAN do it just using the Hostnames as long as they correctly resolve.

We are entering the realm of "Ok let me see what you have done and what you claim doesn't work".

Otherwise known as "I push this. Then I click that. And I move that over there. Type "X", and see this error 8972 comes up"

At which point I would say "Oooohhhhhhhh You wanted a <*technical Gobbly-beloved patriot*> Why didn't you say so..."

Which may involve looking at your config files.

🙁

 
Eponymous:
The tone of your post is really not called for.
What is not working is that if I cannot update my external IP with a web redirectI cannot do external links back to other pages or folders that exist on my server. Because of the way that I have the server set up I cannot connect to another page or folder in my server.
I posted no gobbledegook not did I say click here and click there, I explained in the best way that I know how, I am completly new to this kind of thing and as everyone else I have to start somewhere, neither you or anyone else was born with the knowledge that I need to acquire. If I did not convey my problems correctly or in a way that was not clear to you please forgive me, I am not worthy to accept your knowledge.
This is the end of this matter and I will not be returning so if you reply I will not be aware of it.
Bleep

 
Whoa, I think you misunderstood Eponymous. He didn't mean to belittle you. You just took it the wrong way. He just wants some more information, including even your config file.

Take it easy🙂
 
Bleep, He was just trying to help, I think you just took his joking the wrong way. Come back!

Now that I am awake, I can try to help, but you have to put the problem back 🙁

Edit:

And I have apache running on a WinMe box 🙂 I look at the logs and see all the pings from script kiddies trying to get into my WinNT directory 🙂
 
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